diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
index 57b9591f7cbb..17c023823713 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/bpf.c
@@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ static int __test__bpf(int idx)
 
 	ret = test_llvm__fetch_bpf_obj(&obj_buf, &obj_buf_sz,
 				       bpf_testcase_table[idx].prog_id,
-				       true, NULL);
+				       false, NULL);
 	if (ret != TEST_OK || !obj_buf || !obj_buf_sz) {
 		pr_debug("Unable to get BPF object, %s\n",
 			 bpf_testcase_table[idx].msg_compile_fail);
-		if (idx == 0)
+		if ((idx == 0) || (ret == TEST_SKIP))
 			return TEST_SKIP;
 		else
 			return TEST_FAIL;
@@ -364,9 +364,11 @@ static int test__bpf_prologue_test(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 static struct test_case bpf_tests[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
 	TEST_CASE("Basic BPF filtering", basic_bpf_test),
-	TEST_CASE("BPF pinning", bpf_pinning),
+	TEST_CASE_REASON("BPF pinning", bpf_pinning,
+			"clang isn't installed or environment missing BPF support"),
 #ifdef HAVE_BPF_PROLOGUE
-	TEST_CASE("BPF prologue generation", bpf_prologue_test),
+	TEST_CASE_REASON("BPF prologue generation", bpf_prologue_test,
+			"clang isn't installed or environment missing BPF support"),
 #else
 	TEST_CASE_REASON("BPF prologue generation", bpf_prologue_test, "not compiled in"),
 #endif