diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
index 1b8b665ab2b30dae7487f61b0973d82d85f3747f..a5a426211129bd63cd7c6e0fadcf260998570735 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/add_and_remove.tc
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ echo p:myevent do_fork > kprobe_events
 grep myevent kprobe_events
 test -d events/kprobes/myevent
 echo > kprobe_events
+clear_trace
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
index b55c840035879e5a43687c5cd65b71a3e3145967..d8c7bb6581fe9e51479ff02b92027fa07aef5c00 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/busy_check.tc
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ echo 1 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable
 echo > kprobe_events && exit 1 # this must fail
 echo 0 > events/kprobes/myevent/enable
 echo > kprobe_events # this must succeed
+clear_trace
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
index a603d3f8db7b7c3d66a86aa501dbb7a8ac50784c..c45ee2761354e716a8c6f3f926edcf23fef8a865 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kprobe_args.tc
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
 ( echo "forked")
 echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe/enable
 echo "-:testprobe" >> kprobe_events
+clear_trace
 test -d events/kprobes/testprobe && exit 1 || exit 0
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
index 283c29e7f7c44c126d5c22f4379081a9f066ad85..31717985acc7f1fa972fea07b4fc149d4d456c18 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/kprobe/kretprobe_args.tc
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ echo 1 > events/kprobes/testprobe2/enable
 ( echo "forked")
 echo 0 > events/kprobes/testprobe2/enable
 echo '-:testprobe2' >> kprobe_events
+clear_trace
 test -d events/kprobes/testprobe2 && exit 1 || exit 0