diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
index 477b62dac546..0bdf0305a506 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cat_test.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int n, char *cache_type)
 	unsigned long l_mask, l_mask_1;
 	int ret, pipefd[2], sibling_cpu_no;
 	char pipe_message;
-	pid_t bm_pid;
 
 	cache_size = 0;
 
@@ -181,6 +180,12 @@ int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int n, char *cache_type)
 		strcpy(param.filename, RESULT_FILE_NAME1);
 		param.num_of_runs = 0;
 		param.cpu_no = sibling_cpu_no;
+	} else {
+		ret = signal_handler_register();
+		if (ret) {
+			kill(bm_pid, SIGKILL);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	remove(param.filename);
@@ -217,8 +222,10 @@ int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int n, char *cache_type)
 		}
 		close(pipefd[0]);
 		kill(bm_pid, SIGKILL);
+		signal_handler_unregister();
 	}
 
+out:
 	cat_test_cleanup();
 	if (bm_pid)
 		umount_resctrlfs();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
index 56ccbeae0638..322c6812e15c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/fill_buf.c
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ static void sb(void)
 #endif
 }
 
-static void ctrl_handler(int signo)
-{
-	free(startptr);
-	printf("\nEnding\n");
-	sb();
-	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-}
-
 static void cl_flush(void *p)
 {
 #if defined(__i386) || defined(__x86_64)
@@ -198,12 +190,6 @@ int run_fill_buf(unsigned long span, int malloc_and_init_memory,
 	unsigned long long cache_size = span;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* set up ctrl-c handler */
-	if (signal(SIGINT, ctrl_handler) == SIG_ERR)
-		printf("Failed to catch SIGINT!\n");
-	if (signal(SIGHUP, ctrl_handler) == SIG_ERR)
-		printf("Failed to catch SIGHUP!\n");
-
 	ret = fill_cache(cache_size, malloc_and_init_memory, memflush, op,
 			 resctrl_val);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index f0ded31fb3c7..92b59d2f603d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ void mba_test_cleanup(void);
 int get_cbm_mask(char *cache_type, char *cbm_mask);
 int get_cache_size(int cpu_no, char *cache_type, unsigned long *cache_size);
 void ctrlc_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *ptr);
+int signal_handler_register(void);
+void signal_handler_unregister(void);
 int cat_val(struct resctrl_val_param *param);
 void cat_test_cleanup(void);
 int cat_perf_miss_val(int cpu_no, int no_of_bits, char *cache_type);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
index 6948843bf995..7c8d5c25e6da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
@@ -476,6 +476,45 @@ void ctrlc_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *ptr)
 	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Register CTRL-C handler for parent, as it has to kill
+ * child process before exiting.
+ */
+int signal_handler_register(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction sigact;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	sigact.sa_sigaction = ctrlc_handler;
+	sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask);
+	sigact.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	if (sigaction(SIGINT, &sigact, NULL) ||
+	    sigaction(SIGTERM, &sigact, NULL) ||
+	    sigaction(SIGHUP, &sigact, NULL)) {
+		perror("# sigaction");
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reset signal handler to SIG_DFL.
+ * Non-Value return because the caller should keep
+ * the error code of other path even if sigaction fails.
+ */
+void signal_handler_unregister(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction sigact;
+
+	sigact.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
+	sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask);
+	if (sigaction(SIGINT, &sigact, NULL) ||
+	    sigaction(SIGTERM, &sigact, NULL) ||
+	    sigaction(SIGHUP, &sigact, NULL)) {
+		perror("# sigaction");
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * print_results_bw:	the memory bandwidth results are stored in a file
  * @filename:		file that stores the results
@@ -671,39 +710,28 @@ int resctrl_val(char **benchmark_cmd, struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 
 	ksft_print_msg("Benchmark PID: %d\n", bm_pid);
 
-	/*
-	 * Register CTRL-C handler for parent, as it has to kill benchmark
-	 * before exiting
-	 */
-	sigact.sa_sigaction = ctrlc_handler;
-	sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask);
-	sigact.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
-	if (sigaction(SIGINT, &sigact, NULL) ||
-	    sigaction(SIGTERM, &sigact, NULL) ||
-	    sigaction(SIGHUP, &sigact, NULL)) {
-		perror("# sigaction");
-		ret = errno;
+	ret = signal_handler_register();
+	if (ret)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	value.sival_ptr = benchmark_cmd;
 
 	/* Taskset benchmark to specified cpu */
 	ret = taskset_benchmark(bm_pid, param->cpu_no);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto unregister;
 
 	/* Write benchmark to specified control&monitoring grp in resctrl FS */
 	ret = write_bm_pid_to_resctrl(bm_pid, param->ctrlgrp, param->mongrp,
 				      resctrl_val);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+		goto unregister;
 
 	if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)) ||
 	    !strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR))) {
 		ret = initialize_mem_bw_imc();
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			goto unregister;
 
 		initialize_mem_bw_resctrl(param->ctrlgrp, param->mongrp,
 					  param->cpu_no, resctrl_val);
@@ -718,7 +746,7 @@ int resctrl_val(char **benchmark_cmd, struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 		    sizeof(pipe_message)) {
 			perror("# failed reading message from child process");
 			close(pipefd[0]);
-			goto out;
+			goto unregister;
 		}
 	}
 	close(pipefd[0]);
@@ -727,7 +755,7 @@ int resctrl_val(char **benchmark_cmd, struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 	if (sigqueue(bm_pid, SIGUSR1, value) == -1) {
 		perror("# sigqueue SIGUSR1 to child");
 		ret = errno;
-		goto out;
+		goto unregister;
 	}
 
 	/* Give benchmark enough time to fully run */
@@ -761,6 +789,8 @@ int resctrl_val(char **benchmark_cmd, struct resctrl_val_param *param)
 		}
 	}
 
+unregister:
+	signal_handler_unregister();
 out:
 	kill(bm_pid, SIGKILL);
 	umount_resctrlfs();
