diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/aperf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/aperf.c
index d21edea9c5601f98ba32325294ed813c597d8545..f6cd03a87493c584fea5bc9cb1b3283d257061c8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/aperf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/intel_pstate/aperf.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <sys/timeb.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "../kselftest.h"
 
 void usage(char *name) {
 	printf ("Usage: %s cpunum\n", name);
@@ -41,8 +43,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	fd = open(msr_file_name, O_RDONLY);
 
 	if (fd == -1) {
-		perror("Failed to open");
-		return 1;
+		printf("/dev/cpu/%d/msr: %s\n", cpu, strerror(errno));
+		return KSFT_SKIP;
 	}
 
 	CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);