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 bceff590001689..0c93d6678915c6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
@@ -411,7 +411,8 @@ 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(&opts);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -425,6 +426,7 @@ 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);
 }
 
@@ -447,7 +449,8 @@ 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(&opts);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -460,11 +463,13 @@ 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);
 }
 
 static void test_mixed_links(void)
 {
+	struct bpf_link *link = NULL, *link_nl = NULL;
 	struct cb_opts cb_opts = {
 		.cc = "tcp_ca_update",
 	};
@@ -473,7 +478,6 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 		.cb_opts	= &cb_opts,
 	};
 	struct tcp_ca_update *skel;
-	struct bpf_link *link, *link_nl;
 	int err;
 
 	skel = tcp_ca_update__open_and_load();
@@ -481,10 +485,12 @@ 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");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "attach_struct_ops"))
+		goto out;
 
 	do_test(&opts);
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca1_cnt, 0, "ca1_ca1_cnt");
@@ -492,6 +498,7 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 	err = bpf_link__update_map(link, skel->maps.ca_no_link);
 	ASSERT_ERR(err, "update_map");
 
+out:
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 	bpf_link__destroy(link_nl);
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
@@ -536,7 +543,8 @@ 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!
 	 *
@@ -559,6 +567,7 @@ static void test_link_replace(void)
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 
+out:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }