diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
index 958c11c14acd017a6c3afe79f02d9c6e8fad2240..7bfcd454fb2aa0e3655522f8fa664a54dc9937c4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/tm-syscall: tm-syscall-asm.S
 $(OUTPUT)/tm-syscall: CFLAGS += -I../../../../../usr/include
 $(OUTPUT)/tm-tmspr: CFLAGS += -pthread
 $(OUTPUT)/tm-vmx-unavail: CFLAGS += -pthread -m64
+$(OUTPUT)/tm-resched-dscr: ../pmu/lib.o
 
 SIGNAL_CONTEXT_CHK_TESTS := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)/%,$(SIGNAL_CONTEXT_CHK_TESTS))
 $(SIGNAL_CONTEXT_CHK_TESTS): tm-signal.S
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
index e79ccd6aada1a9acf10bb2860e76ddb444415d52..a7ac2e4c60d9135d9d939fd06ad41c7d3f18c384 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/tm/tm-resched-dscr.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "tm.h"
+#include "../pmu/lib.h"
 
 #define SPRN_DSCR       0x03
 
@@ -75,8 +76,6 @@ int test_body(void)
 		);
 		assert(rv); /* make sure the transaction aborted */
 		if ((texasr >> 56) != TM_CAUSE_RESCHED) {
-			putchar('.');
-			fflush(stdout);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (dscr2 != dscr1) {
@@ -89,7 +88,12 @@ int test_body(void)
 	}
 }
 
-int main(void)
+static int tm_resched_dscr(void)
 {
-	return test_harness(test_body, "tm_resched_dscr");
+	return eat_cpu(test_body);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
+{
+	return test_harness(tm_resched_dscr, "tm_resched_dscr");
 }