diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
index a88e6e07e4f5..ce38dee6a1b9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ static void test_update_ca(void)
 		return;
 
 	link = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(skel->maps.ca_update_1);
-	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops"))
+		goto out;
 
 	do_test("tcp_ca_update", NULL);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ static void test_update_ca(void)
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca2_cnt, 0, "ca2_ca2_cnt");
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+out:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
 
@@ -421,7 +423,8 @@ static void test_update_wrong(void)
 		return;
 
 	link = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(skel->maps.ca_update_1);
-	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops"))
+		goto out;
 
 	do_test("tcp_ca_update", NULL);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -434,6 +437,7 @@ static void test_update_wrong(void)
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca1_cnt, saved_ca1_cnt, "ca2_ca1_cnt");
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+out:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
 
@@ -448,7 +452,8 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 		return;
 
 	link_nl = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(skel->maps.ca_no_link);
-	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link_nl, "attach_struct_ops_nl");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link_nl, "attach_struct_ops_nl"))
+		goto out;
 
 	link = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(skel->maps.ca_update_1);
 	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops");
@@ -461,6 +466,7 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 	bpf_link__destroy(link_nl);
+out:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
 
@@ -503,7 +509,8 @@ static void test_link_replace(void)
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 
 	link = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(skel->maps.ca_update_2);
-	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops_2nd");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops_2nd"))
+		goto out;
 
 	/* BPF_F_REPLACE with a wrong old map Fd. It should fail!
 	 *
@@ -526,6 +533,7 @@ static void test_link_replace(void)
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 
+out:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }