diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
index 0d1947c0d623..0293a2f17f51 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/Makefile
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED = librseq.so \
 	param_test_compare_twice \
 	param_test_mm_cid \
 	param_test_mm_cid_compare_twice \
-	syscall_errors_test
+	syscall_errors_test \
+	legacy_check
 
-TEST_PROGS = run_param_test.sh run_syscall_errors_test.sh
+TEST_PROGS = run_param_test.sh run_syscall_errors_test.sh run_legacy_check.sh
 
 TEST_FILES := settings
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/legacy_check.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/legacy_check.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f7de4e28303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/legacy_check.c
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "rseq.h"
+
+#include "../kselftest_harness.h"
+
+FIXTURE(legacy)
+{
+};
+
+static int cpu_id_in_sigfn = -1;
+
+static void sigfn(int sig)
+{
+	struct rseq_abi *rs = rseq_get_abi();
+
+	cpu_id_in_sigfn = rs->cpu_id_start;
+}
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(legacy)
+{
+	int res = __rseq_register_current_thread(true, true);
+
+	switch (res) {
+	case -ENOSYS:
+		SKIP(return, "RSEQ not enabled\n");
+	case -EBUSY:
+		SKIP(return, "GLIBC owns RSEQ. Disable GLIBC RSEQ registration\n");
+	default:
+		ASSERT_EQ(res, 0);
+	}
+
+	ASSERT_NE(signal(SIGUSR1, sigfn), SIG_ERR);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(legacy)
+{
+}
+
+TEST_F(legacy, legacy_test)
+{
+	struct rseq_abi *rs = rseq_get_abi();
+
+	ASSERT_NE(rs, NULL);
+
+	/* Overwrite rs::cpu_id_start */
+	rs->cpu_id_start = -1;
+	sleep(1);
+	ASSERT_NE(rs->cpu_id_start, -1);
+
+	rs->cpu_id_start = -1;
+	ASSERT_EQ(raise(SIGUSR1), 0);
+	ASSERT_NE(rs->cpu_id_start, -1);
+	ASSERT_NE(cpu_id_in_sigfn, -1);
+}
+
+TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/run_legacy_check.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/run_legacy_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..5577b46ea092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/run_legacy_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+GLIBC_TUNABLES="${GLIBC_TUNABLES:-}:glibc.pthread.rseq=0" ./legacy_check