diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
index b8023c30bdeda2d51fa082d2f850ad16c1584a38..9145da0bc61e577c083edbec9118d390483b874a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ void vcpu_load_state(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid,
 void kvm_x86_state_cleanup(struct kvm_x86_state *state);
 
 const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_index_list(void);
+const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_feature_msr_index_list(void);
 bool kvm_msr_is_in_save_restore_list(uint32_t msr_index);
 uint64_t kvm_get_feature_msr(uint64_t msr_index);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
index 3f83857009a393c2b736b6db60dab6732ab2de58..18fce5e8a5e52119752fdc89530647335ed73c6a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
@@ -891,19 +891,20 @@ void vcpu_dump(FILE *stream, struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid, uint8_t indent)
 	sregs_dump(stream, &sregs, indent + 4);
 }
 
-const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_index_list(void)
+static struct kvm_msr_list *__kvm_get_msr_index_list(bool feature_msrs)
 {
-	static struct kvm_msr_list *list;
+	struct kvm_msr_list *list;
 	struct kvm_msr_list nmsrs;
 	int kvm_fd, r;
 
-	if (list)
-		return list;
-
 	kvm_fd = open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit();
 
 	nmsrs.nmsrs = 0;
-	r = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, &nmsrs);
+	if (!feature_msrs)
+		r = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, &nmsrs);
+	else
+		r = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST, &nmsrs);
+
 	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == E2BIG,
 		    "Expected -E2BIG, got rc: %i errno: %i (%s)",
 		    r, errno, strerror(errno));
@@ -912,15 +913,37 @@ const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_index_list(void)
 	TEST_ASSERT(list, "-ENOMEM when allocating MSR index list");
 	list->nmsrs = nmsrs.nmsrs;
 
-	kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, list);
+	if (!feature_msrs)
+		kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, list);
+	else
+		kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST, list);
 	close(kvm_fd);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT(list->nmsrs == nmsrs.nmsrs,
-		    "Number of save/restore MSRs changed, was %d, now %d",
+		    "Number of MSRs in list changed, was %d, now %d",
 		    nmsrs.nmsrs, list->nmsrs);
 	return list;
 }
 
+const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_index_list(void)
+{
+	static const struct kvm_msr_list *list;
+
+	if (!list)
+		list = __kvm_get_msr_index_list(false);
+	return list;
+}
+
+
+const struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_feature_msr_index_list(void)
+{
+	static const struct kvm_msr_list *list;
+
+	if (!list)
+		list = __kvm_get_msr_index_list(true);
+	return list;
+}
+
 bool kvm_msr_is_in_save_restore_list(uint32_t msr_index)
 {
 	const struct kvm_msr_list *list = kvm_get_msr_index_list();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/get_msr_index_features.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/get_msr_index_features.c
index 4ef60adbe108f36f02683962d18f909e563c581e..1e366fdfe7bef7cbb1c2e25b9a21eacdd947848c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/get_msr_index_features.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/get_msr_index_features.c
@@ -15,108 +15,24 @@
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "processor.h"
 
-static int kvm_num_index_msrs(int kvm_fd, int nmsrs)
-{
-	struct kvm_msr_list *list;
-	int r;
-
-	list = malloc(sizeof(*list) + nmsrs * sizeof(list->indices[0]));
-	list->nmsrs = nmsrs;
-	r = ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, list);
-	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == E2BIG,
-				"Unexpected result from KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST probe, r: %i",
-				r);
-
-	r = list->nmsrs;
-	free(list);
-	return r;
-}
-
-static void test_get_msr_index(void)
-{
-	int old_res, res, kvm_fd;
-	struct kvm_msr_list *list;
-
-	kvm_fd = open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit();
-
-	old_res = kvm_num_index_msrs(kvm_fd, 0);
-	TEST_ASSERT(old_res != 0, "Expecting nmsrs to be > 0");
-
-	if (old_res != 1) {
-		res = kvm_num_index_msrs(kvm_fd, 1);
-		TEST_ASSERT(res > 1, "Expecting nmsrs to be > 1");
-		TEST_ASSERT(res == old_res, "Expecting nmsrs to be identical");
-	}
-
-	list = malloc(sizeof(*list) + old_res * sizeof(list->indices[0]));
-	list->nmsrs = old_res;
-	kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, list);
-
-	TEST_ASSERT(list->nmsrs == old_res, "Expecting nmsrs to be identical");
-	free(list);
-
-	close(kvm_fd);
-}
-
-static int kvm_num_feature_msrs(int kvm_fd, int nmsrs)
-{
-	struct kvm_msr_list *list;
-	int r;
-
-	list = malloc(sizeof(*list) + nmsrs * sizeof(list->indices[0]));
-	list->nmsrs = nmsrs;
-	r = __kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST, list);
-	TEST_ASSERT(r == -1 && errno == E2BIG,
-		"Unexpected result from KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST probe, r: %i",
-				r);
-
-	r = list->nmsrs;
-	free(list);
-	return r;
-}
-
-struct kvm_msr_list *kvm_get_msr_feature_list(int kvm_fd, int nmsrs)
-{
-	struct kvm_msr_list *list;
-
-	list = malloc(sizeof(*list) + nmsrs * sizeof(list->indices[0]));
-	list->nmsrs = nmsrs;
-	kvm_ioctl(kvm_fd, KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST, list);
-
-	return list;
-}
-
-static void test_get_msr_feature(void)
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int res, old_res, i, kvm_fd;
-	struct kvm_msr_list *feature_list;
-
-	kvm_fd = open_kvm_dev_path_or_exit();
-
-	old_res = kvm_num_feature_msrs(kvm_fd, 0);
-	TEST_ASSERT(old_res != 0, "Expecting nmsrs to be > 0");
-
-	if (old_res != 1) {
-		res = kvm_num_feature_msrs(kvm_fd, 1);
-		TEST_ASSERT(res > 1, "Expecting nmsrs to be > 1");
-		TEST_ASSERT(res == old_res, "Expecting nmsrs to be identical");
+	const struct kvm_msr_list *feature_list;
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Skip the entire test if MSR_FEATURES isn't supported, other tests
+	 * will cover the "regular" list of MSRs, the coverage here is purely
+	 * opportunistic and not interesting on its own.
+	 */
+	if (!kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES)) {
+		print_skip("KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES not supported");
+		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
 	}
 
-	feature_list = kvm_get_msr_feature_list(kvm_fd, old_res);
-	TEST_ASSERT(old_res == feature_list->nmsrs,
-				"Unmatching number of msr indexes");
+	(void)kvm_get_msr_index_list();
 
+	feature_list = kvm_get_feature_msr_index_list();
 	for (i = 0; i < feature_list->nmsrs; i++)
 		kvm_get_feature_msr(feature_list->indices[i]);
-
-	free(feature_list);
-	close(kvm_fd);
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-	if (kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES))
-		test_get_msr_feature();
-
-	test_get_msr_index();
 }