diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index dd49c1d23a604cc86953139576a57bf681ef7912..81d4757ecd4c6513c6da25760a547c91eb866ba6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/xdp_features: xdp_features.c $(OUTPUT)/network_helpers.o $(OUTPUT)/xdp
 # Make sure we are able to include and link libbpf against c++.
 $(OUTPUT)/test_cpp: test_cpp.cpp $(OUTPUT)/test_core_extern.skel.h $(BPFOBJ)
 	$(call msg,CXX,,$@)
-	$(Q)$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(filter %.a %.o %.cpp,$^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+	$(Q)$(CXX) $(subst -D_GNU_SOURCE=,,$(CFLAGS)) $(filter %.a %.o %.cpp,$^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 # Benchmark runner
 $(OUTPUT)/bench_%.o: benchs/bench_%.c bench.h $(BPFOBJ)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_syscall.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_syscall.c
index bd8c75b620c29d20c358ecf5c57cd9f54d9aa9a4..797de47f8197562c17bfd63d053d74d63f8fc131 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_syscall.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/uprobe_syscall.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static void test_uretprobe_syscall_call(void)
 	struct uprobe_syscall_executed *skel;
 	int pid, status, err, go[2], c;
 
-	if (ASSERT_OK(pipe(go), "pipe"))
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(pipe(go), "pipe"))
 		return;
 
 	skel = uprobe_syscall_executed__open_and_load();