diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
index 75b72c751772b2de9e6a3ba6f8148ae279525b4c..1931de5275e598ab3df95b4f39259b7f6055abab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/send_signal.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "test_send_signal_kern.skel.h"
 
-static volatile int sigusr1_received = 0;
+int sigusr1_received = 0;
 
 static void sigusr1_handler(int signum)
 {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/skeleton.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/skeleton.c
index fe87b77af459727b3e37f73f7ea11c09b8075db6..f6f130c99b8cb82e719cf4098f475bf8a54395fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/skeleton.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/skeleton.c
@@ -82,10 +82,8 @@ void test_skeleton(void)
 	CHECK(data->out2 != 2, "res2", "got %lld != exp %d\n", data->out2, 2);
 	CHECK(bss->out3 != 3, "res3", "got %d != exp %d\n", (int)bss->out3, 3);
 	CHECK(bss->out4 != 4, "res4", "got %lld != exp %d\n", bss->out4, 4);
-	CHECK(bss->handler_out5.a != 5, "res5", "got %d != exp %d\n",
-	      bss->handler_out5.a, 5);
-	CHECK(bss->handler_out5.b != 6, "res6", "got %lld != exp %d\n",
-	      bss->handler_out5.b, 6);
+	CHECK(bss->out5.a != 5, "res5", "got %d != exp %d\n", bss->out5.a, 5);
+	CHECK(bss->out5.b != 6, "res6", "got %lld != exp %d\n", bss->out5.b, 6);
 	CHECK(bss->out6 != 14, "res7", "got %d != exp %d\n", bss->out6, 14);
 
 	CHECK(bss->bpf_syscall != kcfg->CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL, "ext1",
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c
index 46556976dcccea6fbc693d76d60aebb477a4aaa0..ab6acbaf9d8cf1e14e1a198ff21216376f93afdf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/static_linked.c
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ void test_static_linked(void)
 		return;
 
 	skel->rodata->rovar1 = 1;
-	skel->bss->static_var1 = 2;
-	skel->bss->static_var11 = 3;
-
 	skel->rodata->rovar2 = 4;
-	skel->bss->static_var2 = 5;
-	skel->bss->static_var22 = 6;
 
 	err = test_static_linked__load(skel);
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "skel_load"))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_test_kern4.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_test_kern4.c
index ee49493dc1251666a1a5462162a4bb5685fd328a..400fdf8d623321ffdb88b76a766aad7c20ab64f1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_test_kern4.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/bpf_iter_test_kern4.c
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ __u32 map1_id = 0, map2_id = 0;
 __u32 map1_accessed = 0, map2_accessed = 0;
 __u64 map1_seqnum = 0, map2_seqnum1 = 0, map2_seqnum2 = 0;
 
-static volatile const __u32 print_len;
-static volatile const __u32 ret1;
+volatile const __u32 print_len;
+volatile const __u32 ret1;
 
 SEC("iter/bpf_map")
 int dump_bpf_map(struct bpf_iter__bpf_map *ctx)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kfree_skb.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kfree_skb.c
index a46a264ce24ea0604b7f894a88044953c3def054..55e283050cab429521027949b5969e5263f00cd8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kfree_skb.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kfree_skb.c
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ int BPF_PROG(trace_kfree_skb, struct sk_buff *skb, void *location)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static volatile struct {
+struct {
 	bool fentry_test_ok;
 	bool fexit_test_ok;
-} result;
+} result = {};
 
 SEC("fentry/eth_type_trans")
 int BPF_PROG(fentry_eth_type_trans, struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall3.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall3.c
index 739dc2a51e748c2a242898e0a0be2aed0bf9a0bd..910858fe078a8ce3b96dfc41d3ae2c73e83cb08d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall3.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall3.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
 } jmp_table SEC(".maps");
 
-static volatile int count;
+int count = 0;
 
 SEC("classifier/0")
 int bpf_func_0(struct __sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall4.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall4.c
index f82075b47d7dc86e4ce77be01982b91a5ac270ac..bd4be135c39d9314330bc80758d77f77b795cf55 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall4.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall4.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
 } jmp_table SEC(".maps");
 
-static volatile int selector;
+int selector = 0;
 
 #define TAIL_FUNC(x)				\
 	SEC("classifier/" #x)			\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall5.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall5.c
index ce5450744fd4c98dcb7748432a25ecf61b2fda77..adf30a33064ef5c0aee71c533adf53f198c2b2e4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall5.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall5.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
 } jmp_table SEC(".maps");
 
-static volatile int selector;
+int selector = 0;
 
 #define TAIL_FUNC(x)				\
 	SEC("classifier/" #x)			\
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf2.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf2.c
index 7b1c041838240ebcb893f9d03fa11db92b0e8343..3cc4c12817b505998ce34009a4e867c70f3fd2f8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf2.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf2.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ int subprog_tail(struct __sk_buff *skb)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static volatile int count;
+int count = 0;
 
 SEC("classifier/0")
 int bpf_func_0(struct __sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf4.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf4.c
index 9a1b166b7fbea5be0e32cf52b7540ff24efb1db8..77df6d4db89564c23d2261d58688710aaab98e51 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf4.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/tailcall_bpf2bpf4.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
 } jmp_table SEC(".maps");
 
-static volatile int count;
+int count = 0;
 
 __noinline
 int subprog_tail_2(struct __sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_cls_redirect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_cls_redirect.c
index c9f8464996ead9e2e747a2c29a8c1070d5b78662..8eaeef01a925d372ee350a0b0680c01c2ae70809 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_cls_redirect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_cls_redirect.c
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ char _license[] SEC("license") = "Dual BSD/GPL";
 /**
  * Destination port and IP used for UDP encapsulation.
  */
-static volatile const __be16 ENCAPSULATION_PORT;
-static volatile const __be32 ENCAPSULATION_IP;
+volatile const __be16 ENCAPSULATION_PORT;
+volatile const __be32 ENCAPSULATION_IP;
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint64_t processed_packets_total;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c
index cae309538a9e0abd8ca38c8ffaddb1c82b39da82..e712bf77daae5c48b823534deb7539e09e986ff1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_global_func_args.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct S {
 	int v;
 };
 
-static volatile struct S global_variable;
+struct S global_variable = {};
 
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c
index ecbeea2df25989faa3ea0682ff5ce13d06d0218f..fc8e8a34a3dbfc4dfe1a82adfdad57eb885ea88b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_rdonly_maps.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 
-static volatile const struct {
+const struct {
 	unsigned a[4];
 	/*
 	 * if the struct's size is multiple of 16, compiler will put it into
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ static volatile const struct {
 	char _y;
 } rdonly_values = { .a = {2, 3, 4, 5} };
 
-static volatile struct {
+struct {
 	unsigned did_run;
 	unsigned iters;
 	unsigned sum;
-} res;
+} res = {};
 
 SEC("raw_tracepoint/sys_enter:skip_loop")
 int skip_loop(struct pt_regs *ctx)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_skeleton.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_skeleton.c
index 374ccef704e10e56e95cb8ced5f9e84bc3adfb2d..441fa1c552c8d8dbe8ff8ae621b090e8a04149c7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_skeleton.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_skeleton.c
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ extern int LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION __kconfig;
 bool bpf_syscall = 0;
 int kern_ver = 0;
 
+struct s out5 = {};
+
 SEC("raw_tp/sys_enter")
 int handler(const void *ctx)
 {
-	static volatile struct s out5;
-
 	out1 = in1;
 	out2 = in2;
 	out3 = in3;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c
index a3a366c57ce123742bce93742d6bdf53051a8df2..b8539b4d29ac1146a5982c0023fe742e22d5b6cb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sockmap_listen.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct {
 	__type(value, unsigned int);
 } verdict_map SEC(".maps");
 
-static volatile bool test_sockmap; /* toggled by user-space */
+bool test_sockmap; /* toggled by user-space */
 
 SEC("sk_skb/stream_parser")
 int prog_skb_parser(struct __sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c
index ea1a6c4c71726e46a39860311383994668e4c4cf..cae304045d9c74eaa34c551de25703c8cf0279ce 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked1.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 
-/* 8-byte aligned .bss */
-static volatile long static_var1;
-static volatile int static_var11;
+/* 8-byte aligned .data */
+static volatile long static_var1 = 2;
+static volatile int static_var2 = 3;
 int var1 = 0;
 /* 4-byte aligned .rodata */
 const volatile int rovar1;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static __noinline int subprog(int x)
 SEC("raw_tp/sys_enter")
 int handler1(const void *ctx)
 {
-	var1 = subprog(rovar1) + static_var1 + static_var11;
+	var1 = subprog(rovar1) + static_var1 + static_var2;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c
index 54d8d1ab577c093cac60a06813b74a188d816e7a..c54c4e865ed80596c4f21a1ded3edf28cfa8bd9f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_static_linked2.c
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
 
-/* 4-byte aligned .bss */
-static volatile int static_var2;
-static volatile int static_var22;
+/* 4-byte aligned .data */
+static volatile int static_var1 = 5;
+static volatile int static_var2 = 6;
 int var2 = 0;
 /* 8-byte aligned .rodata */
 const volatile long rovar2;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static __noinline int subprog(int x)
 SEC("raw_tp/sys_enter")
 int handler2(const void *ctx)
 {
-	var2 = subprog(rovar2) + static_var2 + static_var22;
+	var2 = subprog(rovar2) + static_var1 + static_var2;
 
 	return 0;
 }