diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index bafdc5373a13..3cf444cb20af 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ $(TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:				\
 					  $(TRUNNER_BPF_CFLAGS))
 
 $(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS): %.skel.h: %.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
-	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked1.o) $$<
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) $$(<:.o=.linked1.o)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) $$(<:.o=.linked2.o)
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ $(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS): %.skel.h: %.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen subskeleton $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.o=)) > $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h)
 
 $(TRUNNER_BPF_LSKELS): %.lskel.h: %.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
-	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked1.o) $$<
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked2.o) $$(<:.o=.linked1.o)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) $$(<:.o=.linked2.o)
@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ $(TRUNNER_BPF_LSKELS): %.lskel.h: %.o $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton -L $$(<:.o=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(<:.o=_lskel)) > $$@
 
 $(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS_LINKED): $(TRUNNER_BPF_OBJS) $(BPFTOOL) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
-	$$(call msg,LINK-BPF,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$(@:.skel.h=.o))
+	$$(call msg,LINK-BPF,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$(@:.skel.h=.o))
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked1.o) $$(addprefix $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/,$$($$(@F)-deps))
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked1.o)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen object $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o)
 	$(Q)diff $$(@:.skel.h=.linked2.o) $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o)
-	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=)) > $$@
 	$(Q)$$(BPFTOOL) gen subskeleton $$(@:.skel.h=.linked3.o) name $$(notdir $$(@:.skel.h=)) > $$(@:.skel.h=.subskel.h)
 endif
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($($(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)-tests-hdr),)
 $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)-tests-hdr := y
 $(TRUNNER_TESTS_HDR): $(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/*.c
-	$$(call msg,TEST-HDR,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,TEST-HDR,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$$(shell (echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */';					\
 		  sed -n -E 's/^void (serial_)?test_([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\((void)?\).*/DEFINE_TEST(\2)/p'	\
 			$(TRUNNER_TESTS_DIR)/*.c | sort ;	\
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ $(TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.test.o:			\
 		      $(TRUNNER_BPF_LSKELS)				\
 		      $(TRUNNER_BPF_SKELS_LINKED)			\
 		      $$(BPFOBJ) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
-	$$(call msg,TEST-OBJ,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,TEST-OBJ,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$(Q)cd $$(@D) && $$(CC) -I. $$(CFLAGS) -c $(CURDIR)/$$< $$(LDLIBS) -o $$(@F)
 
 $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:				\
@@ -469,17 +469,19 @@ $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:				\
 		       $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_HDRS)				\
 		       $(TRUNNER_TESTS_HDR)				\
 		       $$(BPFOBJ) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
-	$$(call msg,EXT-OBJ,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
+	$$(call msg,EXT-OBJ,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$$@)
 	$(Q)$$(CC) $$(CFLAGS) -c $$< $$(LDLIBS) -o $$@
 
 # non-flavored in-srctree builds receive special treatment, in particular, we
 # do not need to copy extra resources (see e.g. test_btf_dump_case())
 $(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras: $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
 ifneq ($2:$(OUTPUT),:$(shell pwd))
-	$$(call msg,EXT-COPY,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES))
+	$$(call msg,EXT-COPY,$$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES))
 	$(Q)rsync -aq $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
 endif
 
+$(OUTPUT)/$(TRUNNER_BINARY): TRUNNER_BINARY = $(TRUNNER_BINARY)
+
 $(OUTPUT)/$(TRUNNER_BINARY): $(TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS)			\
 			     $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_OBJS) $$(BPFOBJ)		\
 			     $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS)				\
@@ -489,6 +491,8 @@ $(OUTPUT)/$(TRUNNER_BINARY): $(TRUNNER_TEST_OBJS)			\
 	$(Q)$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) --btf $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/btf_data.o $$@
 	$(Q)ln -sf $(if $2,..,.)/tools/build/bpftool/bootstrap/bpftool $(if $2,$2/)bpftool
 
+TRUNNER_BINARY =
+
 endef
 
 # Define test_progs test runner.
