diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 417c3d3e521b..09a0cc8a55cc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1999,8 +1999,9 @@ config LKDTM
 	Documentation/fault-injection/provoke-crashes.rst
 
 config TEST_LIST_SORT
-	tristate "Linked list sorting test"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL || m
+	tristate "Linked list sorting test" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	depends on KUNIT
+	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
 	help
 	  Enable this to turn on 'list_sort()' function test. This test is
 	  executed only once during system boot (so affects only boot time),
diff --git a/lib/test_list_sort.c b/lib/test_list_sort.c
index 1f017d3b610e..ccfd98dbf57c 100644
--- a/lib/test_list_sort.c
+++ b/lib/test_list_sort.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-#define pr_fmt(fmt) "list_sort_test: " fmt
+#include <kunit/test.h>
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
@@ -23,67 +23,52 @@ struct debug_el {
 	struct list_head list;
 	unsigned int poison2;
 	int value;
-	unsigned serial;
+	unsigned int serial;
 };
 
-/* Array, containing pointers to all elements in the test list */
-static struct debug_el **elts __initdata;
-
-static int __init check(struct debug_el *ela, struct debug_el *elb)
+static void check(struct kunit *test, struct debug_el *ela, struct debug_el *elb)
 {
-	if (ela->serial >= TEST_LIST_LEN) {
-		pr_err("error: incorrect serial %d\n", ela->serial);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (elb->serial >= TEST_LIST_LEN) {
-		pr_err("error: incorrect serial %d\n", elb->serial);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (elts[ela->serial] != ela || elts[elb->serial] != elb) {
-		pr_err("error: phantom element\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (ela->poison1 != TEST_POISON1 || ela->poison2 != TEST_POISON2) {
-		pr_err("error: bad poison: %#x/%#x\n",
-			ela->poison1, ela->poison2);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (elb->poison1 != TEST_POISON1 || elb->poison2 != TEST_POISON2) {
-		pr_err("error: bad poison: %#x/%#x\n",
-			elb->poison1, elb->poison2);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	return 0;
+	struct debug_el **elts = test->priv;
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_LT_MSG(test, ela->serial, (unsigned int)TEST_LIST_LEN, "incorrect serial");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_LT_MSG(test, elb->serial, (unsigned int)TEST_LIST_LEN, "incorrect serial");
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ_MSG(test, elts[ela->serial], ela, "phantom element");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ_MSG(test, elts[elb->serial], elb, "phantom element");
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, ela->poison1, TEST_POISON1, "bad poison");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, ela->poison2, TEST_POISON2, "bad poison");
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, elb->poison1, TEST_POISON1, "bad poison");
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, elb->poison2, TEST_POISON2, "bad poison");
 }
 
-static int __init cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+/* `priv` is the test pointer so check() can fail the test if the list is invalid. */
+static int cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 {
 	struct debug_el *ela, *elb;
 
 	ela = container_of(a, struct debug_el, list);
 	elb = container_of(b, struct debug_el, list);
 
-	check(ela, elb);
+	check(priv, ela, elb);
 	return ela->value - elb->value;
 }
 
-static int __init list_sort_test(void)
+static void list_sort_test(struct kunit *test)
 {
-	int i, count = 1, err = -ENOMEM;
-	struct debug_el *el;
+	int i, count = 1;
+	struct debug_el *el, **elts;
 	struct list_head *cur;
 	LIST_HEAD(head);
 
-	pr_debug("start testing list_sort()\n");
-
-	elts = kcalloc(TEST_LIST_LEN, sizeof(*elts), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!elts)
-		return err;
+	elts = kunit_kcalloc(test, TEST_LIST_LEN, sizeof(*elts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, elts);
+	test->priv = elts;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < TEST_LIST_LEN; i++) {
-		el = kmalloc(sizeof(*el), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!el)
-			goto exit;
+		el = kunit_kmalloc(test, sizeof(*el), GFP_KERNEL);
+		KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, el);
 
 		 /* force some equivalencies */
 		el->value = prandom_u32() % (TEST_LIST_LEN / 3);
@@ -94,55 +79,44 @@ static int __init list_sort_test(void)
 		list_add_tail(&el->list, &head);
 	}
 
-	list_sort(NULL, &head, cmp);
+	list_sort(test, &head, cmp);
 
-	err = -EINVAL;
 	for (cur = head.next; cur->next != &head; cur = cur->next) {
 		struct debug_el *el1;
 		int cmp_result;
 
-		if (cur->next->prev != cur) {
-			pr_err("error: list is corrupted\n");
-			goto exit;
-		}
+		KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ_MSG(test, cur->next->prev, cur,
+					"list is corrupted");
 
-		cmp_result = cmp(NULL, cur, cur->next);
-		if (cmp_result > 0) {
-			pr_err("error: list is not sorted\n");
-			goto exit;
-		}
+		cmp_result = cmp(test, cur, cur->next);
+		KUNIT_ASSERT_LE_MSG(test, cmp_result, 0, "list is not sorted");
 
 		el = container_of(cur, struct debug_el, list);
 		el1 = container_of(cur->next, struct debug_el, list);
-		if (cmp_result == 0 && el->serial >= el1->serial) {
-			pr_err("error: order of equivalent elements not "
-				"preserved\n");
-			goto exit;
+		if (cmp_result == 0) {
+			KUNIT_ASSERT_LE_MSG(test, el->serial, el1->serial,
+					    "order of equivalent elements not preserved");
 		}
 
-		if (check(el, el1)) {
-			pr_err("error: element check failed\n");
-			goto exit;
-		}
+		check(test, el, el1);
 		count++;
 	}
-	if (head.prev != cur) {
-		pr_err("error: list is corrupted\n");
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ_MSG(test, head.prev, cur, "list is corrupted");
 
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ_MSG(test, count, TEST_LIST_LEN,
+			    "list length changed after sorting!");
+}
 
-	if (count != TEST_LIST_LEN) {
-		pr_err("error: bad list length %d", count);
-		goto exit;
-	}
+static struct kunit_case list_sort_cases[] = {
+	KUNIT_CASE(list_sort_test),
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct kunit_suite list_sort_suite = {
+	.name = "list_sort",
+	.test_cases = list_sort_cases,
+};
+
+kunit_test_suites(&list_sort_suite);
 
-	err = 0;
-exit:
-	for (i = 0; i < TEST_LIST_LEN; i++)
-		kfree(elts[i]);
-	kfree(elts);
-	return err;
-}
-module_init(list_sort_test);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
