diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcpbpf_user.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcpbpf_user.c
index 71ab82e37eb7..4e1190894e1e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcpbpf_user.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tcpbpf_user.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 static pthread_mutex_t server_started_mtx = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static pthread_cond_t server_started = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
+static __u32 duration;
 
 static void *server_thread(void *arg)
 {
@@ -61,66 +62,57 @@ static void *server_thread(void *arg)
 	return (void *)(long)err;
 }
 
-#define EXPECT_EQ(expected, actual, fmt)			\
-	do {							\
-		if ((expected) != (actual)) {			\
-			fprintf(stderr, "  Value of: " #actual "\n"	\
-			       "    Actual: %" fmt "\n"		\
-			       "  Expected: %" fmt "\n",	\
-			       (actual), (expected));		\
-			ret--;					\
-		}						\
-	} while (0)
-
-int verify_result(const struct tcpbpf_globals *result)
-{
-	__u32 expected_events;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	expected_events = ((1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TIMEOUT_INIT) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_RWND_INIT) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TCP_CONNECT_CB) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_ACTIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_NEEDS_ECN) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB) |
-			   (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TCP_LISTEN_CB));
-
-	EXPECT_EQ(expected_events, result->event_map, "#" PRIx32);
-	EXPECT_EQ(501ULL, result->bytes_received, "llu");
-	EXPECT_EQ(1002ULL, result->bytes_acked, "llu");
-	EXPECT_EQ(1, result->data_segs_in, PRIu32);
-	EXPECT_EQ(1, result->data_segs_out, PRIu32);
-	EXPECT_EQ(0x80, result->bad_cb_test_rv, PRIu32);
-	EXPECT_EQ(0, result->good_cb_test_rv, PRIu32);
-	EXPECT_EQ(1, result->num_listen, PRIu32);
-
-	/* 3 comes from one listening socket + both ends of the connection */
-	EXPECT_EQ(3, result->num_close_events, PRIu32);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-int verify_sockopt_result(int sock_map_fd)
+static void verify_result(int map_fd, int sock_map_fd)
 {
+	__u32 expected_events = ((1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TIMEOUT_INIT) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_RWND_INIT) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TCP_CONNECT_CB) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_ACTIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_PASSIVE_ESTABLISHED_CB) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_NEEDS_ECN) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_STATE_CB) |
+				 (1 << BPF_SOCK_OPS_TCP_LISTEN_CB));
+	struct tcpbpf_globals result = { 0 };
 	__u32 key = 0;
-	int ret = 0;
 	int res;
 	int rv;
 
+	rv = bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &key, &result);
+	if (CHECK_FAIL(rv != 0)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED: bpf_map_lookup_elem returns %d\n", rv);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* check global map */
+	CHECK(expected_events != result.event_map, "event_map",
+	      "unexpected event_map: actual %#" PRIx32" != expected %#" PRIx32 "\n",
+	      result.event_map, expected_events);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.bytes_received, 501, "bytes_received");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.bytes_acked, 1002, "bytes_acked");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.data_segs_in, 1, "data_segs_in");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.data_segs_out, 1, "data_segs_out");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.bad_cb_test_rv, 0x80, "bad_cb_test_rv");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.good_cb_test_rv, 0, "good_cb_test_rv");
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.num_listen, 1, "num_listen");
+
+	/* 3 comes from one listening socket + both ends of the connection */
+	ASSERT_EQ(result.num_close_events, 3, "num_close_events");
+
 	/* check setsockopt for SAVE_SYN */
+	key = 0;
 	rv = bpf_map_lookup_elem(sock_map_fd, &key, &res);
-	EXPECT_EQ(0, rv, "d");
-	EXPECT_EQ(0, res, "d");
-	key = 1;
+	ASSERT_EQ(rv, 0, "rv");
+	ASSERT_EQ(res, 0, "res");
+
 	/* check getsockopt for SAVED_SYN */
+	key = 1;
 	rv = bpf_map_lookup_elem(sock_map_fd, &key, &res);
-	EXPECT_EQ(0, rv, "d");
-	EXPECT_EQ(1, res, "d");
-	return ret;
+	ASSERT_EQ(rv, 0, "rv");
+	ASSERT_EQ(res, 1, "res");
 }
 
-static int run_test(void)
+static void run_test(int map_fd, int sock_map_fd)
 {
 	int server_fd, client_fd;
 	void *server_err;
@@ -131,7 +123,7 @@ static int run_test(void)
 
 	server_fd = start_server(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, LO_ADDR6, 0, 0);
 	if (CHECK_FAIL(server_fd < 0))
-		return err;
+		return;
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&server_started_mtx);
 	if (CHECK_FAIL(pthread_create(&tid, NULL, server_thread,
@@ -163,17 +155,17 @@ static int run_test(void)
 	close(client_fd);
 close_server_fd:
 	close(server_fd);
-	return err;
+
+	if (!err)
+		verify_result(map_fd, sock_map_fd);
 }
 
 void test_tcpbpf_user(void)
 {
 	const char *file = "test_tcpbpf_kern.o";
 	int prog_fd, map_fd, sock_map_fd;
-	struct tcpbpf_globals g = {0};
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
 	int cg_fd = -1;
-	__u32 key = 0;
 	int rv;
 
 	cg_fd = cgroup_setup_and_join(CG_NAME);
@@ -200,26 +192,7 @@ void test_tcpbpf_user(void)
 	if (CHECK_FAIL(sock_map_fd < 0))
 		goto err;
 
-	if (run_test()) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED: TCP server\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	rv = bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &key, &g);
-	if (CHECK_FAIL(rv != 0)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED: bpf_map_lookup_elem returns %d\n", rv);
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (CHECK_FAIL(verify_result(&g))) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED: Wrong stats\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	if (CHECK_FAIL(verify_sockopt_result(sock_map_fd))) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "FAILED: Wrong sockopt stats\n");
-		goto err;
-	}
+	run_test(map_fd, sock_map_fd);
 err:
 	bpf_prog_detach(cg_fd, BPF_CGROUP_SOCK_OPS);
 	close(cg_fd);
