diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_open_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_open_tests.c
index 677140aa25fd..9403ac01ba11 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_open_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_open_tests.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <mqueue.h>
 #include <error.h>
 
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
 static char *usage =
 "Usage:\n"
 "  %s path\n"
@@ -262,12 +264,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (getuid() != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Not running as root, but almost all tests "
+	if (getuid() != 0)
+		ksft_exit_skip("Not running as root, but almost all tests "
 			"require root in order to modify\nsystem settings.  "
 			"Exiting.\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
 
 	/* Find out what files there are for us to make tweaks in */
 	def_msgs = fopen(DEF_MSGS, "r+");
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_perf_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_perf_tests.c
index 8188f72de93c..b019e0b8221c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_perf_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mqueue/mq_perf_tests.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <popt.h>
 #include <error.h>
 
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+
 static char *usage =
 "Usage:\n"
 "  %s [-c #[,#..] -f] path\n"
@@ -626,12 +628,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		cpus_to_pin[0] = cpus_online - 1;
 	}
 
-	if (getuid() != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Not running as root, but almost all tests "
+	if (getuid() != 0)
+		ksft_exit_skip("Not running as root, but almost all tests "
 			"require root in order to modify\nsystem settings.  "
 			"Exiting.\n");
-		exit(1);
-	}
 
 	max_msgs = fopen(MAX_MSGS, "r+");
 	max_msgsize = fopen(MAX_MSGSIZE, "r+");