diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
index 0a95c42f1616..9c9a4f22e529 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mba_test.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static int mba_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 static int mba_measure(const struct user_params *uparams,
 		       struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
 {
-	return measure_mem_bw(uparams, param, bm_pid);
+	return measure_mem_bw(uparams, param, bm_pid, "reads");
 }
 
 static bool show_mba_info(unsigned long *bw_imc, unsigned long *bw_resc)
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ static int mba_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 		.ctrlgrp	= "c1",
 		.mongrp		= "m1",
 		.filename	= RESULT_FILE_NAME,
-		.bw_report	= "reads",
 		.init		= mba_init,
 		.setup		= mba_setup,
 		.measure	= mba_measure,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
index 90716917e6ef..0a3ab99b31ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/mbm_test.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int mbm_setup(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 static int mbm_measure(const struct user_params *uparams,
 		       struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
 {
-	return measure_mem_bw(uparams, param, bm_pid);
+	return measure_mem_bw(uparams, param, bm_pid, "reads");
 }
 
 static void mbm_test_cleanup(void)
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ static int mbm_run_test(const struct resctrl_test *test, const struct user_param
 		.ctrlgrp	= "c1",
 		.mongrp		= "m1",
 		.filename	= RESULT_FILE_NAME,
-		.bw_report	= "reads",
 		.init		= mbm_init,
 		.setup		= mbm_setup,
 		.measure	= mbm_measure,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index d3fbb957309d..4446a0e493ef 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ struct resctrl_test {
  * @ctrlgrp:		Name of the control monitor group (con_mon grp)
  * @mongrp:		Name of the monitor group (mon grp)
  * @filename:		Name of file to which the o/p should be written
- * @bw_report:		Bandwidth report type (reads vs writes)
  * @init:		Callback function to initialize test environment
  * @setup:		Callback function to setup per test run environment
  * @measure:		Callback that performs the measurement (a single test)
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ struct resctrl_val_param {
 	char		ctrlgrp[64];
 	char		mongrp[64];
 	char		filename[64];
-	char		*bw_report;
 	unsigned long	mask;
 	int		num_of_runs;
 	int		(*init)(const struct resctrl_val_param *param,
@@ -135,7 +133,7 @@ int filter_dmesg(void);
 int get_domain_id(const char *resource, int cpu_no, int *domain_id);
 int mount_resctrlfs(void);
 int umount_resctrlfs(void);
-int validate_bw_report_request(char *bw_report);
+const char *get_bw_report_type(const char *bw_report);
 bool resctrl_resource_exists(const char *resource);
 bool resctrl_mon_feature_exists(const char *resource, const char *feature);
 bool resource_info_file_exists(const char *resource, const char *file);
@@ -154,7 +152,8 @@ void fill_cache_read(unsigned char *buf, size_t buf_size, bool once);
 int run_fill_buf(size_t buf_size, int memflush, int op, bool once);
 int initialize_mem_bw_imc(void);
 int measure_mem_bw(const struct user_params *uparams,
-		   struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid);
+		   struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid,
+		   const char *bw_report);
 void initialize_mem_bw_resctrl(const struct resctrl_val_param *param,
 			       int domain_id);
 int resctrl_val(const struct resctrl_test *test,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
index d289c17f1f03..a9e0bb35a4ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_val.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static void do_imc_mem_bw_test(void)
  *
  * Return: = 0 on success. < 0 on failure.
  */
-static int get_mem_bw_imc(char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
+static int get_mem_bw_imc(const char *bw_report, float *bw_imc)
 {
 	float reads, writes, of_mul_read, of_mul_write;
 	int imc;
@@ -550,14 +550,20 @@ static int print_results_bw(char *filename, pid_t bm_pid, float bw_imc,
  * @uparams:		User supplied parameters
  * @param:		parameters passed to resctrl_val()
  * @bm_pid:		PID that runs the benchmark
+ * @bw_report:		Bandwidth report type (reads, writes)
  */
 int measure_mem_bw(const struct user_params *uparams,
-		   struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid)
+		   struct resctrl_val_param *param, pid_t bm_pid,
+		   const char *bw_report)
 {
 	unsigned long bw_resc, bw_resc_start, bw_resc_end;
 	float bw_imc;
 	int ret;
 
+	bw_report = get_bw_report_type(bw_report);
+	if (!bw_report)
+		return -1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Measure memory bandwidth from resctrl and from
 	 * another source which is perf imc value or could
@@ -579,7 +585,7 @@ int measure_mem_bw(const struct user_params *uparams,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = get_mem_bw_imc(param->bw_report, &bw_imc);
+	ret = get_mem_bw_imc(bw_report, &bw_imc);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -674,13 +680,6 @@ int resctrl_val(const struct resctrl_test *test,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR)) ||
-	    !strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR))) {
-		ret = validate_bw_report_request(param->bw_report);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * If benchmark wasn't successfully started by child, then child should
 	 * kill parent, so save parent's pid
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
index 9b86f826a40c..aac382eaa032 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
@@ -837,22 +837,21 @@ int filter_dmesg(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int validate_bw_report_request(char *bw_report)
+const char *get_bw_report_type(const char *bw_report)
 {
 	if (strcmp(bw_report, "reads") == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return bw_report;
 	if (strcmp(bw_report, "writes") == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return bw_report;
 	if (strcmp(bw_report, "nt-writes") == 0) {
-		strcpy(bw_report, "writes");
-		return 0;
+		return "writes";
 	}
 	if (strcmp(bw_report, "total") == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return bw_report;
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "Requested iMC bandwidth report type unavailable\n");
 
-	return -1;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 int perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t pid, int cpu,
