diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
index 85233d435be6..eb5837f82e39 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_brstack.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ is_arm64() {
 	[ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ];
 }
 
+has_kaslr_bug() {
+	[ "$(uname -m)" != "aarch64" ];
+}
+
 check_branches() {
 	if ! tr -s ' ' '\n' < "$TMPDIR/perf.script" | grep -E -m1 -q "$1"; then
-		echo "Branches missing $1"
+		echo "ERROR: Branches missing $1"
 		err=1
 	fi
 }
@@ -48,6 +52,8 @@ check_branches() {
 test_user_branches() {
 	echo "Testing user branch stack sampling"
 
+	start_err=$err
+	err=0
 	perf record -o "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --branch-filter any,save_type,u -- ${TESTPROG} > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
 	perf script -i "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --fields brstacksym > "$TMPDIR/perf.script"
 
@@ -73,59 +79,88 @@ test_user_branches() {
 	perf script -i "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --fields brstack | \
 		tr ' ' '\n' > "$TMPDIR/perf.script"
 
-	# There should be no kernel addresses with the u option, in either
-	# source or target addresses.
-	if grep -E -m1 "0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
-		echo "ERROR: Kernel address found in user mode"
+	# There should be no kernel addresses in the target with the u option.
+	local regex="0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}"
+	if has_kaslr_bug; then
+		# If the system has a kaslr bug that may leak kernel addresses
+		# in the source of something like an ERET/SYSRET. Make the regex
+		# more specific and just check the target address is in user
+		# code.
+		regex="^0x[0-9a-f]{0,16}/0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}/"
+	fi
+	if grep -q -E -m1 "$regex" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
+		echo "Testing user branch stack sampling [Failed kernel address found in user mode]"
 		err=1
 	fi
 	# some branch types are still not being tested:
 	# IND COND_CALL COND_RET SYSRET SERROR NO_TX
+	if [ $err -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "Testing user branch stack sampling [Passed]"
+		err=$start_err
+	else
+		echo "Testing user branch stack sampling [Failed]"
+	fi
 }
 
 test_trap_eret_branches() {
 	echo "Testing trap & eret branches"
-	if ! is_arm64; then
-		echo "skip: not arm64"
-	else
-		perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,save_type,u,k -- \
-			perf test -w traploop 1000
-		perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstacksym | \
-			tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
 
-		# BRBINF<n>.TYPE == TRAP are mapped to PERF_BR_IRQ by the BRBE driver
-		check_branches "^trap_bench\+[^ ]+/[^ ]/IRQ/"
-		check_branches "^[^ ]+/trap_bench\+[^ ]+/ERET/"
+	if ! is_arm64; then
+		echo "Testing trap & eret branches [Skipped not arm64]"
+		return
+	fi
+	start_err=$err
+	err=0
+	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,save_type,u,k -- \
+		perf test -w traploop 1000 > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
+	perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstacksym | \
+		tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
+
+	# BRBINF<n>.TYPE == TRAP are mapped to PERF_BR_IRQ by the BRBE driver
+	check_branches "^trap_bench\+[^ ]+/[^ ]/IRQ/"
+	check_branches "^[^ ]+/trap_bench\+[^ ]+/ERET/"
+	if [ $err -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "Testing trap & eret branches [Passed]"
+		err=$start_err
+	else
+		echo "Testing trap & eret branches [Failed]"
 	fi
 }
 
 test_kernel_branches() {
-	echo "Testing that k option only includes kernel source addresses"
+	echo "Testing kernel branch sampling"
 
-	if ! perf record --branch-filter any,k -o- -- true > /dev/null; then
-		echo "skip: not enough privileges"
+	if ! perf record --branch-filter any,k -o- -- true > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1; then
+		echo "Testing that k option [Skipped not enough privileges]"
+		return
+	fi
+	start_err=$err
+	err=0
+	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,k -- \
+		perf bench syscall basic --loop 1000 > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
+	perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstack | \
+		tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
+
+	# Example of branch entries:
+	#       "0xffffffff93bda241/0xffffffff93bda20f/M/-/-/..."
+	# Source addresses come first in user or kernel code. Next is the target
+	# address that must be in the kernel.
+
+	# Look for source addresses with top bit set
+	if ! grep -q -E -m1 "^0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
+		echo "Testing kernel branch sampling [Failed kernel branches missing]"
+		err=1
+	fi
+	# Look for no target addresses without top bit set
+	if grep -q -E -m1 "^0x[0-9a-f]{0,16}/0x[0-7][0-9a-f]{1,15}/" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
+		echo "Testing kernel branch sampling [Failed user branches found]"
+		err=1
+	fi
+	if [ $err -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "Testing kernel branch sampling [Passed]"
+		err=$start_err
 	else
-		perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter any,k -- \
-			perf bench syscall basic --loop 1000
-		perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstack | \
-			tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
-
-		# Example of branch entries:
-		#       "0xffffffff93bda241/0xffffffff93bda20f/M/-/-/..."
-		# Source addresses come first and target address can be either
-		# userspace or kernel even with k option, as long as the source
-		# is in kernel.
-
-		#Look for source addresses with top bit set
-		if ! grep -E -m1 "^0x[89a-f][0-9a-f]{15}" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
-			echo "ERROR: Kernel branches missing"
-			err=1
-		fi
-		# Look for no source addresses without top bit set
-		if grep -E -m1 "^0x[0-7][0-9a-f]{0,15}" $TMPDIR/perf.script; then
-			echo "ERROR: User branches found with kernel filter"
-			err=1
-		fi
+		echo "Testing kernel branch sampling [Failed]"
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -136,14 +171,15 @@ test_filter() {
 	test_filter_expect=$2
 
 	echo "Testing branch stack filtering permutation ($test_filter_filter,$test_filter_expect)"
-	perf record -o "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --branch-filter "$test_filter_filter,save_type,u" -- ${TESTPROG}  > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
+	perf record -o "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --branch-filter "$test_filter_filter,save_type,u" -- \
+		${TESTPROG}  > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
 	perf script -i "$TMPDIR/perf.data" --fields brstack > "$TMPDIR/perf.script"
 
 	# fail if we find any branch type that doesn't match any of the expected ones
 	# also consider UNKNOWN branch types (-)
 	if [ ! -s "$TMPDIR/perf.script" ]
 	then
-		echo "Empty script output"
+		echo "Testing branch stack filtering [Failed empty script output]"
 		err=1
 		return
 	fi
@@ -154,26 +190,36 @@ test_filter() {
 	  > "$TMPDIR/perf.script-filtered" || true
 	if [ -s "$TMPDIR/perf.script-filtered" ]
 	then
-		echo "Unexpected branch filter in script output"
+		echo "Testing branch stack filtering [Failed unexpected branch filter]"
 		cat "$TMPDIR/perf.script"
 		err=1
 		return
 	fi
+	echo "Testing branch stack filtering [Passed]"
 }
 
 test_syscall() {
 	echo "Testing syscalls"
 	# skip if perf doesn't have enough privileges
-	if ! perf record --branch-filter any,k -o- -- true > /dev/null; then
-		echo "skip: not enough privileges"
-	else
-		perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter \
-			any_call,save_type,u,k -c 10000 -- \
-			perf bench syscall basic --loop 1000
-		perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstacksym | \
-			tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
+	if ! perf record --branch-filter any,k -o- -- true > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1; then
+		echo "Testing syscalls [Skipped: not enough privileges]"
+		return
+	fi
+	start_err=$err
+	err=0
+	perf record -o $TMPDIR/perf.data --branch-filter \
+		any_call,save_type,u,k -c 10007 -- \
+		perf bench syscall basic --loop 8000  > "$TMPDIR/record.txt" 2>&1
+	perf script -i $TMPDIR/perf.data --fields brstacksym | \
+		tr ' ' '\n' > $TMPDIR/perf.script
 
-		check_branches "getppid[^ ]*/SYSCALL/"
+	check_branches "getppid[^ ]*/SYSCALL/"
+
+	if [ $err -eq 0 ]; then
+		echo "Testing syscalls [Passed]"
+		err=$start_err
+	else
+		echo "Testing syscalls [Failed]"
 	fi
 }
 set -e