diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 79a182cfa43ad..78e59620d28de 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -875,7 +875,8 @@ static void __timeout_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
 	}
 
 	t->timed_out = true;
-	kill(t->pid, SIGKILL);
+	// signal process group
+	kill(-(t->pid), SIGKILL);
 }
 
 void __wait_for_test(struct __test_metadata *t)
@@ -985,6 +986,7 @@ void __run_test(struct __fixture_metadata *f,
 		ksft_print_msg("ERROR SPAWNING TEST CHILD\n");
 		t->passed = 0;
 	} else if (t->pid == 0) {
+		setpgrp();
 		t->fn(t, variant);
 		if (t->skip)
 			_exit(255);