diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
index d9b5df95849d..8578a8b4e145 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl.h
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
 #define RESCTRL_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl"
 #define PHYS_ID_PATH		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu"
 #define INFO_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl/info"
-#define L3_PATH			"/sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3"
-#define MB_PATH			"/sys/fs/resctrl/info/MB"
-#define L3_MON_PATH		"/sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3_MON"
-#define L3_MON_FEATURES_PATH	"/sys/fs/resctrl/info/L3_MON/mon_features"
 
 #define ARCH_INTEL     1
 #define ARCH_AMD       2
@@ -87,7 +83,7 @@ int get_resource_id(int cpu_no, int *resource_id);
 int mount_resctrlfs(void);
 int umount_resctrlfs(void);
 int validate_bw_report_request(char *bw_report);
-bool validate_resctrl_feature_request(const char *resctrl_val);
+bool validate_resctrl_feature_request(const char *resource, const char *feature);
 char *fgrep(FILE *inf, const char *str);
 int taskset_benchmark(pid_t bm_pid, int cpu_no);
 void run_benchmark(int signum, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
index 524ba83d7568..b13aee5dffb9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ static void run_mbm_test(const char * const *benchmark_cmd, int cpu_no)
 	if (test_prepare())
 		return;
 
-	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request(MBM_STR) || (get_vendor() != ARCH_INTEL)) {
+	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3_MON", "mbm_total_bytes") ||
+	    !validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3_MON", "mbm_local_bytes") ||
+	    (get_vendor() != ARCH_INTEL)) {
 		ksft_test_result_skip("Hardware does not support MBM or MBM is disabled\n");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ static void run_mba_test(const char * const *benchmark_cmd, int cpu_no)
 	if (test_prepare())
 		return;
 
-	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request(MBA_STR) || (get_vendor() != ARCH_INTEL)) {
+	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request("MB", NULL) || (get_vendor() != ARCH_INTEL)) {
 		ksft_test_result_skip("Hardware does not support MBA or MBA is disabled\n");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ static void run_cmt_test(const char * const *benchmark_cmd, int cpu_no)
 	if (test_prepare())
 		return;
 
-	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request(CMT_STR)) {
+	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3_MON", "llc_occupancy")) {
 		ksft_test_result_skip("Hardware does not support CMT or CMT is disabled\n");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ static void run_cat_test(int cpu_no, int no_of_bits)
 	if (test_prepare())
 		return;
 
-	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request(CAT_STR)) {
+	if (!validate_resctrl_feature_request("L3", NULL)) {
 		ksft_test_result_skip("Hardware does not support CAT or CAT is disabled\n");
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
index bd36ee206602..3a8111362d26 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrlfs.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  *    Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
  *    Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
  */
+#include <limits.h>
+
 #include "resctrl.h"
 
 static int find_resctrl_mount(char *buffer)
@@ -604,63 +606,46 @@ char *fgrep(FILE *inf, const char *str)
 
 /*
  * validate_resctrl_feature_request - Check if requested feature is valid.
- * @resctrl_val:	Requested feature
+ * @resource:	Required resource (e.g., MB, L3, L2, L3_MON, etc.)
+ * @feature:	Required monitor feature (in mon_features file). Can only be
+ *		set for L3_MON. Must be NULL for all other resources.
  *
- * Return: True if the feature is supported, else false. False is also
- *         returned if resctrl FS is not mounted.
+ * Return: True if the resource/feature is supported, else false. False is
+ *         also returned if resctrl FS is not mounted.
  */
-bool validate_resctrl_feature_request(const char *resctrl_val)
+bool validate_resctrl_feature_request(const char *resource, const char *feature)
 {
+	char res_path[PATH_MAX];
 	struct stat statbuf;
-	bool found = false;
 	char *res;
 	FILE *inf;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!resctrl_val)
+	if (!resource)
 		return false;
 
 	ret = find_resctrl_mount(NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return false;
 
-	if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, CAT_STR, sizeof(CAT_STR))) {
-		if (!stat(L3_PATH, &statbuf))
-			return true;
-	} else if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBA_STR, sizeof(MBA_STR))) {
-		if (!stat(MB_PATH, &statbuf))
-			return true;
-	} else if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR)) ||
-		   !strncmp(resctrl_val, CMT_STR, sizeof(CMT_STR))) {
-		if (!stat(L3_MON_PATH, &statbuf)) {
-			inf = fopen(L3_MON_FEATURES_PATH, "r");
-			if (!inf)
-				return false;
-
-			if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, CMT_STR, sizeof(CMT_STR))) {
-				res = fgrep(inf, "llc_occupancy");
-				if (res) {
-					found = true;
-					free(res);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (!strncmp(resctrl_val, MBM_STR, sizeof(MBM_STR))) {
-				res = fgrep(inf, "mbm_total_bytes");
-				if (res) {
-					free(res);
-					res = fgrep(inf, "mbm_local_bytes");
-					if (res) {
-						found = true;
-						free(res);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			fclose(inf);
-		}
-	}
+	snprintf(res_path, sizeof(res_path), "%s/%s", INFO_PATH, resource);
+
+	if (stat(res_path, &statbuf))
+		return false;
+
+	if (!feature)
+		return true;
+
+	snprintf(res_path, sizeof(res_path), "%s/%s/mon_features", INFO_PATH, resource);
+	inf = fopen(res_path, "r");
+	if (!inf)
+		return false;
+
+	res = fgrep(inf, feature);
+	free(res);
+	fclose(inf);
 
-	return found;
+	return !!res;
 }
 
 int filter_dmesg(void)
