diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 32e6211e1c6e81f44028f9d3b0f78fb8f8c0eb0d..717581145cfcf9dbf8ec129c81c26ce81d4d9ddf 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ parse_opts() { # opts
     ;;
     --verbose|-v|-vv)
       VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1))
-      [ $1 == '-vv' ] && VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1))
+      [ $1 = '-vv' ] && VERBOSE=$((VERBOSE + 1))
       shift 1
     ;;
     --debug|-d)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
index 07bb3e5930b459b6ad52765ff92fb0fa416e603d..aa31368851c952e2f6e9dc78dd4a4915a36450fc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func_event_triggers.tc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test_event_enabled() {
     e=`cat $EVENT_ENABLE`
     if [ "$e" != $val ]; then
 	echo "Expected $val but found $e"
-	exit -1
+	exit 1
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
index 9aec6fcb7729ff0e7ec600ae91b80a24236b7bf6..f2019b37370d310cd845b6a42101d77cad77bc6b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/functions
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ reset_ftrace_filter() { # reset all triggers in set_ftrace_filter
     echo > set_ftrace_filter
     grep -v '^#' set_ftrace_filter | while read t; do
 	tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f2`
-	if [ "$tr" == "" ]; then
+	if [ "$tr" = "" ]; then
 	    continue
 	fi
-	if [ $tr == "enable_event" -o $tr == "disable_event" ]; then
+	if [ $tr = "enable_event" -o $tr = "disable_event" ]; then
 	    tr=`echo $t | cut -d: -f1-4`
 	    limit=`echo $t | cut -d: -f5`
 	else