diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c
index 6c511dcd1465..d0bd51eb23c8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/attach_probe.c
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 /* this is how USDT semaphore is actually defined, except volatile modifier */
 volatile unsigned short uprobe_ref_ctr __attribute__((unused)) __attribute((section(".probes")));
 
+/* attach point */
+static void method(void) {
+	return ;
+}
+
 void test_attach_probe(void)
 {
 	DECLARE_LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_uprobe_opts, uprobe_opts);
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ void test_attach_probe(void)
 	if (CHECK(base_addr < 0, "get_base_addr",
 		  "failed to find base addr: %zd", base_addr))
 		return;
-	uprobe_offset = get_uprobe_offset(&get_base_addr, base_addr);
+	uprobe_offset = get_uprobe_offset(&method, base_addr);
 
 	ref_ctr_offset = get_rel_offset((uintptr_t)&uprobe_ref_ctr);
 	if (!ASSERT_GE(ref_ctr_offset, 0, "ref_ctr_offset"))
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ void test_attach_probe(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* trigger & validate uprobe & uretprobe */
-	get_base_addr();
+	method();
 
 	if (CHECK(skel->bss->uprobe_res != 3, "check_uprobe_res",
 		  "wrong uprobe res: %d\n", skel->bss->uprobe_res))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_redirect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_redirect.c
index 53672634bc52..4b18b73df10b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_redirect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_redirect.c
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ static int netns_setup_namespaces(const char *verb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void netns_setup_namespaces_nofail(const char *verb)
+{
+	const char * const *ns = namespaces;
+	char cmd[128];
+
+	while (*ns) {
+		snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "ip netns %s %s > /dev/null 2>&1", verb, *ns);
+		system(cmd);
+		ns++;
+	}
+}
+
 struct netns_setup_result {
 	int ifindex_veth_src_fwd;
 	int ifindex_veth_dst_fwd;
@@ -762,6 +774,8 @@ fail:
 
 static void *test_tc_redirect_run_tests(void *arg)
 {
+	netns_setup_namespaces_nofail("delete");
+
 	RUN_TEST(tc_redirect_peer);
 	RUN_TEST(tc_redirect_peer_l3);
 	RUN_TEST(tc_redirect_neigh);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
index 8889b3f55236..027198768fad 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh
@@ -224,10 +224,10 @@ EOF
 		-nodefaults \
 		-display none \
 		-serial mon:stdio \
-		-cpu kvm64 \
+		-cpu host \
 		-enable-kvm \
-		-smp 4 \
-		-m 2G \
+		-smp 8 \
+		-m 4G \
 		-drive file="${rootfs_img}",format=raw,index=1,media=disk,if=virtio,cache=none \
 		-kernel "${kernel_bzimage}" \
 		-append "root=/dev/vda rw console=ttyS0,115200"