diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
index b15f15dcacb5c4..e6a958a5da2763 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -73,29 +73,12 @@ int __no_sanitize_address arch_stack_walk_reliable(stack_trace_consume_fn consum
 	bool firstframe;
 
 	stack_end = stack_page + THREAD_SIZE;
-	if (!is_idle_task(task)) {
-		/*
-		 * For user tasks, this is the SP value loaded on
-		 * kernel entry, see "PACAKSAVE(r13)" in _switch() and
-		 * system_call_common().
-		 *
-		 * Likewise for non-swapper kernel threads,
-		 * this also happens to be the top of the stack
-		 * as setup by copy_thread().
-		 *
-		 * Note that stack backlinks are not properly setup by
-		 * copy_thread() and thus, a forked task() will have
-		 * an unreliable stack trace until it's been
-		 * _switch()'ed to for the first time.
-		 */
-		stack_end -= STACK_USER_INT_FRAME_SIZE;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * idle tasks have a custom stack layout,
-		 * c.f. cpu_idle_thread_init().
-		 */
+
+	// See copy_thread() for details.
+	if (task->flags & PF_KTHREAD)
 		stack_end -= STACK_FRAME_MIN_SIZE;
-	}
+	else
+		stack_end -= STACK_USER_INT_FRAME_SIZE;
 
 	if (task == current)
 		sp = current_stack_frame();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
index 49f2ad1793fd98..7ea42fa02eabd9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -59,12 +59,11 @@ override define INSTALL_RULE
 	done;
 endef
 
-override define EMIT_TESTS
+emit_tests:
 	+@for TARGET in $(SUB_DIRS); do \
 		BUILD_TARGET=$(OUTPUT)/$$TARGET;	\
-		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -s -C $$TARGET emit_tests;\
+		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -s -C $$TARGET $@;\
 	done;
-endef
 
 override define CLEAN
 	+@for TARGET in $(SUB_DIRS); do \
@@ -77,4 +76,4 @@ endef
 tags:
 	find . -name '*.c' -o -name '*.h' | xargs ctags
 
-.PHONY: tags $(SUB_DIRS)
+.PHONY: tags $(SUB_DIRS) emit_tests
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
index 2b95e44d20ff93..a284fa874a9f1f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/Makefile
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ override define RUN_TESTS
 	+TARGET=event_code_tests; BUILD_TARGET=$$OUTPUT/$$TARGET; $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET run_tests
 endef
 
-DEFAULT_EMIT_TESTS := $(EMIT_TESTS)
-override define EMIT_TESTS
-	$(DEFAULT_EMIT_TESTS)
+emit_tests:
+	for TEST in $(TEST_GEN_PROGS); do \
+		BASENAME_TEST=`basename $$TEST`;	\
+		echo "$(COLLECTION):$$BASENAME_TEST";	\
+	done
 	+TARGET=ebb; BUILD_TARGET=$$OUTPUT/$$TARGET; $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -s -C $$TARGET emit_tests
 	+TARGET=sampling_tests; BUILD_TARGET=$$OUTPUT/$$TARGET; $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -s -C $$TARGET emit_tests
 	+TARGET=event_code_tests; BUILD_TARGET=$$OUTPUT/$$TARGET; $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -s -C $$TARGET emit_tests
-endef
 
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_RULE := $(INSTALL_RULE)
 override define INSTALL_RULE
@@ -64,4 +65,4 @@ sampling_tests:
 event_code_tests:
 	TARGET=$@; BUILD_TARGET=$$OUTPUT/$$TARGET; mkdir -p $$BUILD_TARGET; $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -k -C $$TARGET all
 
-.PHONY: all run_tests ebb sampling_tests event_code_tests
+.PHONY: all run_tests ebb sampling_tests event_code_tests emit_tests