diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic4.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic4.tc
index fd9c49a13612b2a3334a7f2eab6467e6844c861d..aa51f6c17359e18de0823f125ed7239b5f29c841 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic4.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/basic4.tc
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # description: Basic event tracing check
 test -f available_events -a -f set_event -a -d events
 # check scheduler events are available
-grep -q sched available_events && exit 0 || exit -1
\ No newline at end of file
+grep -q sched available_events && exit 0 || exit $FAIL
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
index 668616d9bb0364ce7be40f02a550602cda826b4f..dbddb7836f737cff9a710ddde2476e6b81003066 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ do_reset() {
 fail() { #msg
     do_reset
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
index 655c415b6e7ff9b350474951aaff90cbd2727d19..ef9b95dc10c5512b657bf7b36148c6547c118344 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ do_reset() {
 fail() { #msg
     do_reset
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
index 480845774007f7d9ba9ccf43fa272b9858f5ef53..af8cf01fc3a7380ade5a22dee72d993427e2d26f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ do_reset() {
 fail() { #msg
     do_reset
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 if [ ! -f available_events -o ! -f set_event -o ! -d events ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
index 3b1cf20cf6d86b6b9cfd5f0bdd7e371b84a1a608..15c2dba06ea288a9d73652bfdcf001bd52fda936 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter-stack.tc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ do_reset() {
 fail() { # msg
     do_reset
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 disable_tracing
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
index 6af5f6360b184c32bdee9f8c4d40327909e839c7..0ab2189613efe534b6e443e2ee01d3ecbecd6c2b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/fgraph-filter.tc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ do_reset() {
 fail() { # msg
     do_reset
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 disable_tracing
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
index 2e719cb1fc4d91492df00c37562898e68022a4a1..7808336d6f50832a456eca8061c6a88c3ba831b5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_profiler.tc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fail() { # mesg
     reset_tracer
     echo > set_ftrace_filter
     echo $1
-    exit -1
+    exit $FAIL
 }
 
 echo "Testing function tracer with profiler:"