diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index 87e39456dee0..f455f0b7e314 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	do {					\
 		perror(err_msg);		\
 		kill(ppid, SIGKILL);		\
+		umount_resctrlfs();		\
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);		\
 	} while (0)