diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
index 30150929c8c5..533999b6c284 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/compaction_test.c
@@ -95,21 +95,22 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned int hugepage_size)
 
 	fd = open("/proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to open /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
-		return -1;
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to open /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (read(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, sizeof(initial_nr_hugepages)) <= 0) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
 	/* Start with the initial condition of 0 huge pages*/
 	if (write(fd, "0", sizeof(char)) != sizeof(char)) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to write 0 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 0 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
@@ -118,16 +119,16 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned int hugepage_size)
 	/* Request a large number of huge pages. The Kernel will allocate
 	   as much as it can */
 	if (write(fd, "100000", (6*sizeof(char))) != (6*sizeof(char))) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to write 100000 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to write 100000 to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
 	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
 	if (read(fd, nr_hugepages, sizeof(nr_hugepages)) <= 0) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to re-read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to re-read from /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
@@ -139,24 +140,26 @@ int check_compaction(unsigned long mem_free, unsigned int hugepage_size)
 
 	if (write(fd, initial_nr_hugepages, strlen(initial_nr_hugepages))
 	    != strlen(initial_nr_hugepages)) {
-		ksft_test_result_fail("Failed to write value to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
-				      strerror(errno));
+		ksft_print_msg("Failed to write value to /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages: %s\n",
+			       strerror(errno));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
+	ksft_print_msg("Number of huge pages allocated = %d\n",
+		       atoi(nr_hugepages));
+
 	if (compaction_index > 3) {
 		ksft_print_msg("ERROR: Less that 1/%d of memory is available\n"
 			       "as huge pages\n", compaction_index);
-		ksft_test_result_fail("No of huge pages allocated = %d\n", (atoi(nr_hugepages)));
 		goto close_fd;
 	}
 
-	ksft_test_result_pass("Memory compaction succeeded. No of huge pages allocated = %d\n",
-			      (atoi(nr_hugepages)));
 	ret = 0;
 
  close_fd:
 	close(fd);
+ out:
+	ksft_test_result(ret == 0, "check_compaction\n");
 	return ret;
 }