diff --git a/lib/test-string_helpers.c b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
index 6ac48de04c0e57ea9be72a4344fc767df2649c48..ac44c9245dcf1a73cba5c297a3d5a8fcf35ecff9 100644
--- a/lib/test-string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
@@ -10,6 +10,26 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/string_helpers.h>
 
+static __init bool test_string_check_buf(const char *name, unsigned int flags,
+					 char *in, size_t p,
+					 char *out_real, size_t q_real,
+					 char *out_test, size_t q_test)
+{
+	if (q_real == q_test && !memcmp(out_test, out_real, q_test))
+		return true;
+
+	pr_warn("Test '%s' failed: flags = %u\n", name, flags);
+
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Input: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1,
+		       in, p, true);
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Expected: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1,
+		       out_test, q_test, true);
+	print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Got: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1,
+		       out_real, q_real, true);
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 struct test_string {
 	const char *in;
 	const char *out;
@@ -39,7 +59,8 @@ static const struct test_string strings[] __initconst = {
 	},
 };
 
-static void __init test_string_unescape(unsigned int flags, bool inplace)
+static void __init test_string_unescape(const char *name, unsigned int flags,
+					bool inplace)
 {
 	char in[256];
 	char out_test[256];
@@ -77,15 +98,8 @@ static void __init test_string_unescape(unsigned int flags, bool inplace)
 		q_real = string_unescape(in, out_real, q_real, flags);
 	}
 
-	if (q_real != q_test || memcmp(out_test, out_real, q_test)) {
-		pr_warn("Test failed: flags = %u\n", flags);
-		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Input: ",
-			       DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, in, p - 1, true);
-		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Expected: ",
-			       DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, out_test, q_test, true);
-		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "Got: ",
-			       DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, out_real, q_real, true);
-	}
+	test_string_check_buf(name, flags, in, p - 1, out_real, q_real,
+			      out_test, q_test);
 }
 
 static int __init test_string_helpers_init(void)
@@ -94,8 +108,9 @@ static int __init test_string_helpers_init(void)
 
 	pr_info("Running tests...\n");
 	for (i = 0; i < UNESCAPE_ANY + 1; i++)
-		test_string_unescape(i, false);
-	test_string_unescape(get_random_int() % (UNESCAPE_ANY + 1), true);
+		test_string_unescape("unescape", i, false);
+	test_string_unescape("unescape inplace",
+			     get_random_int() % (UNESCAPE_ANY + 1), true);
 
 	return -EINVAL;
 }