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 fa2efb246d3ba2..45a21a064437f8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bpf_tcp_ca.c
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ 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 err;
 
 	do_test(&opts);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -421,6 +422,7 @@ static void test_update_ca(void)
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca2_cnt, 0, "ca2_ca2_cnt");
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+err:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
 
@@ -443,7 +445,8 @@ 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 err;
 
 	do_test(&opts);
 	saved_ca1_cnt = skel->bss->ca1_cnt;
@@ -456,6 +459,7 @@ static void test_update_wrong(void)
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca1_cnt, saved_ca1_cnt, "ca2_ca1_cnt");
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+err:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +484,8 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 	ASSERT_OK_PTR(link_nl, "attach_struct_ops_nl");
 
 	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 err;
 
 	do_test(&opts);
 	ASSERT_GT(skel->bss->ca1_cnt, 0, "ca1_ca1_cnt");
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ static void test_mixed_links(void)
 	ASSERT_ERR(err, "update_map");
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+err:
 	bpf_link__destroy(link_nl);
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }
@@ -532,7 +538,8 @@ 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 err;
 
 	/* BPF_F_REPLACE with a wrong old map Fd. It should fail!
 	 *
@@ -555,6 +562,7 @@ static void test_link_replace(void)
 
 	bpf_link__destroy(link);
 
+err:
 	tcp_ca_update__destroy(skel);
 }