diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-loadavg-001.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-loadavg-001.c
index fcff7047000d..471e2aa28077 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-loadavg-001.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-loadavg-001.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 	if (unshare(CLONE_NEWPID) == -1) {
 		if (errno == ENOSYS || errno == EPERM)
-			return 2;
+			return 4;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-map-files-002.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-map-files-002.c
index 85744425b08d..762cb01f2ca7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-map-files-002.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-map-files-002.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int main(void)
 	p = mmap((void *)va, PAGE_SIZE, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FILE|MAP_FIXED, fd, 0);
 	if (p == MAP_FAILED) {
 		if (errno == EPERM)
-			return 2;
+			return 4;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-syscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-syscall.c
index 5ab5f4810e43..b2993a67a4b3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-syscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-syscall.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int main(void)
 	fd = open("/proc/self/syscall", O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
-			return 2;
+			return 4;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-wchan.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-wchan.c
index a38b2fbaa7ad..b467b98a457d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-wchan.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/proc-self-wchan.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ int main(void)
 	fd = open("/proc/self/wchan", O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd == -1) {
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
-			return 2;
+			return 4;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/read.c b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/read.c
index 563e752e6eba..b2bd8da58efe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/proc/read.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/proc/read.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int main(void)
 
 	d = opendir("/proc");
 	if (!d)
-		return 2;
+		return 4;
 	f(d, 0);
 	return 0;
 }