diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
index 75c100de90ff..2b5215cc599f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ skip_test() {
 
 [[ $(id -u) -eq 0 ]] || skip_test "Test must be run as root!"
 
-# Set sched verbose flag, if available
-if [[ -d /sys/kernel/debug/sched ]]
-then
-	# Used to restore the original setting during cleanup
-	SCHED_DEBUG=$(cat /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose)
-	echo Y > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose
-fi
 
 # Get wait_inotify location
 WAIT_INOTIFY=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)/wait_inotify
@@ -37,10 +30,14 @@ CPUS=$(lscpu | grep "^CPU(s):" | sed -e "s/.*:[[:space:]]*//")
 PROG=$1
 VERBOSE=
 DELAY_FACTOR=1
+SCHED_DEBUG=
 while [[ "$1" = -* ]]
 do
 	case "$1" in
 		-v) VERBOSE=1
+		    # Enable sched/verbose can slow thing down
+		    [[ $DELAY_FACTOR -eq 1 ]] &&
+			DELAY_FACTOR=2
 		    break
 		    ;;
 		-d) DELAY_FACTOR=$2
@@ -54,6 +51,14 @@ do
 	shift
 done
 
+# Set sched verbose flag if available when "-v" option is specified
+if [[ -n "$VERBOSE" && -d /sys/kernel/debug/sched ]]
+then
+	# Used to restore the original setting during cleanup
+	SCHED_DEBUG=$(cat /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose)
+	echo Y > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose
+fi
+
 cd $CGROUP2
 echo +cpuset > cgroup.subtree_control
 [[ -d test ]] || mkdir test
@@ -65,7 +70,8 @@ cleanup()
 	rmdir A1/A2/A3 A1/A2 A1 B1 > /dev/null 2>&1
 	cd ..
 	rmdir test > /dev/null 2>&1
-	echo "$SCHED_DEBUG" > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose
+	[[ -n "$SCHED_DEBUG" ]] &&
+		echo "$SCHED_DEBUG" > /sys/kernel/debug/sched/verbose
 }
 
 # Pause in ms
@@ -571,7 +577,6 @@ run_state_test()
 			echo "Test $TEST[$I] failed result check!"
 			eval echo \"\${$TEST[$I]}\"
 			dump_states
-			online_cpus
 			exit 1
 		}
 
@@ -582,7 +587,6 @@ run_state_test()
 				eval echo \"\${$TEST[$I]}\"
 				echo
 				dump_states
-				online_cpus
 				exit 1
 			}
 		}
@@ -594,7 +598,6 @@ run_state_test()
 				eval echo \"\${$TEST[$I]}\"
 				echo
 				dump_states
-				online_cpus
 				exit 1
 			}
 		}