diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
index 1a9445021bf1e7a9016e71d2b3fc4deb7986f769..c5435adfdd932b38d7a09ae55a077db02c921717 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-eventonoff.tc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: event trigger - test event enable/disable trigger
+# flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
index 514e466e198b5c0a46ce850a4621c822f7d6b15c..48849a8d577f7f2b475d0c9d0bfad2029d2a9d1b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-filter.tc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: event trigger - test trigger filter
+# flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
index 400e98b64948f5b5a1f0f409e628c39b97f4355a..b7f86d10b549ab3a6838dbedbc85a0d10b7fb6ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist-mod.tc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: event trigger - test histogram modifiers
+# flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
index a00184cd9c959d901f5a7008690acb61a267d3d9..fb66f7d9339da57d3ecf188a7238b0d3065d6609 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-hist.tc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: event trigger - test histogram trigger
+# flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
index 3478b00ead57bdbc5487cfdc69ac0e7ecf9fa6c4..f9153087dd7cdcfabebfa55fa0e4c099072e4101 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/trigger-multihist.tc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # description: event trigger - test multiple histogram triggers
+# flags: instance
 
 do_reset() {
     reset_trigger