diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/tests.h b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/tests.h
index b7a20cd24ee133744793e8c578ac0b38a2d338c0..2093e8868a674487936f692bdeee375ecc7afe12 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/include/internal/tests.h
@@ -4,14 +4,28 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#define __T_START fprintf(stdout, "- running %s...", __FILE__)
-#define __T_OK    fprintf(stdout, "OK\n")
-#define __T_FAIL  fprintf(stdout, "FAIL\n")
+int tests_failed;
+
+#define __T_START					\
+do {							\
+	fprintf(stdout, "- running %s...", __FILE__);	\
+	fflush(NULL);					\
+	tests_failed = 0;				\
+} while (0)
+
+#define __T_END								\
+do {									\
+	if (tests_failed)						\
+		fprintf(stdout, "  FAILED (%d)\n", tests_failed);	\
+	else								\
+		fprintf(stdout, "OK\n");				\
+} while (0)
 
 #define __T(text, cond)                                                          \
 do {                                                                             \
 	if (!(cond)) {                                                           \
 		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED %s:%d %s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, text);  \
+		tests_failed++;                                                  \
 		return -1;                                                       \
 	}                                                                        \
 } while (0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c
index aa34c20df07eb7044c0fa8dfc9786d3abc1b2992..c8d45091e7c26a3bede00f38dc72b03f83d435b4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-cpumap.c
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
 	perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
 
-	__T_OK;
+	__T_END;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evlist.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evlist.c
index 741bc1bb45242a875667ff0b916a2561358d26d3..6d8ebe0c25042f7c6902744967c0cb7074db62c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evlist.c
@@ -408,6 +408,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	test_mmap_thread();
 	test_mmap_cpus();
 
-	__T_OK;
+	__T_END;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evsel.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evsel.c
index 1b6c4285ac2b90e000dea93b3b908b8671a206aa..135722ac965bf7dcd75a3d50dc2bc9250cfd89a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-evsel.c
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	test_stat_thread();
 	test_stat_thread_enable();
 
-	__T_OK;
+	__T_END;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c
index 8c5f47247d9ede0274dbb47cb59f4ed1764aec24..7dc4d6fbeddee5bdc4b0f0316f8b6a1814fa2c6b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/lib/tests/test-threadmap.c
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 	perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 
-	__T_OK;
+	__T_END;
 	return 0;
 }