diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
index cd4c715b7ffd..39cee9898359 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 #define RESULT_FILE_NAME	"result_mba"
 #define NUM_OF_RUNS		5
-#define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	8
+#define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	15
 #define ALLOCATION_MAX		100
 #define ALLOCATION_MIN		10
 #define ALLOCATION_STEP		10
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
index 58201f844740..6dbbc3b76003 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "resctrl.h"
 
 #define RESULT_FILE_NAME	"result_mbm"
-#define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	8
+#define MAX_DIFF_PERCENT	15
 #define NUM_OF_RUNS		5
 
 static int
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index 7f2ab28be857..3bad2d80c09b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
  * and MBM respectively, for instance generating "overhead" traffic which
  * is not counted against any specific RMID.
  */
-#define THROTTLE_THRESHOLD	750
+#define THROTTLE_THRESHOLD	2500
 
 /*
  * fill_buf_param:	"fill_buf" benchmark parameters