diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
index 71a41fa924b7..50a5e31ba8da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/test_util.h
@@ -195,4 +195,6 @@ __printf(3, 4) int guest_snprintf(char *buf, int n, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 char *strdup_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2), nonnull(1)));
 
+char *sys_get_cur_clocksource(void);
+
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_TEST_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
index a84863503fcb..01eec72e0d3e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h
@@ -1271,4 +1271,6 @@ void virt_map_level(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t vaddr, uint64_t paddr,
 #define PFERR_GUEST_PAGE_MASK	BIT_ULL(PFERR_GUEST_PAGE_BIT)
 #define PFERR_IMPLICIT_ACCESS	BIT_ULL(PFERR_IMPLICIT_ACCESS_BIT)
 
+bool sys_clocksource_is_tsc(void);
+
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
index 5d7f28b02d73..b8cb20cf61e9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
@@ -392,3 +392,28 @@ char *strdup_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return str;
 }
+
+#define CLOCKSOURCE_PATH "/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource"
+
+char *sys_get_cur_clocksource(void)
+{
+	char *clk_name;
+	struct stat st;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	fp = fopen(CLOCKSOURCE_PATH, "r");
+	TEST_ASSERT(fp, "failed to open clocksource file, errno: %d", errno);
+
+	TEST_ASSERT(!fstat(fileno(fp), &st), "failed to stat clocksource file, errno: %d",
+		    errno);
+
+	clk_name = malloc(st.st_size);
+	TEST_ASSERT(clk_name, "failed to allocate buffer to read file\n");
+
+	TEST_ASSERT(fgets(clk_name, st.st_size, fp), "failed to read clocksource file: %d",
+		    ferror(fp));
+
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	return clk_name;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
index d8288374078e..b0c64667803d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
@@ -1299,3 +1299,16 @@ void kvm_selftest_arch_init(void)
 	host_cpu_is_intel = this_cpu_is_intel();
 	host_cpu_is_amd = this_cpu_is_amd();
 }
+
+bool sys_clocksource_is_tsc(void)
+{
+	char *clk_name = sys_get_cur_clocksource();
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (!strcmp(clk_name, "tsc\n"))
+		ret = true;
+
+	free(clk_name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c
index 1778704360a6..9deee8556b5c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/kvm_clock_test.c
@@ -132,42 +132,6 @@ static void enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 }
 
-#define CLOCKSOURCE_PATH "/sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource"
-
-static void check_clocksource(void)
-{
-	char *clk_name;
-	struct stat st;
-	FILE *fp;
-
-	fp = fopen(CLOCKSOURCE_PATH, "r");
-	if (!fp) {
-		pr_info("failed to open clocksource file: %d; assuming TSC.\n",
-			errno);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	if (fstat(fileno(fp), &st)) {
-		pr_info("failed to stat clocksource file: %d; assuming TSC.\n",
-			errno);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	clk_name = malloc(st.st_size);
-	TEST_ASSERT(clk_name, "failed to allocate buffer to read file\n");
-
-	if (!fgets(clk_name, st.st_size, fp)) {
-		pr_info("failed to read clocksource file: %d; assuming TSC.\n",
-			ferror(fp));
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	TEST_ASSERT(!strncmp(clk_name, "tsc\n", st.st_size),
-		    "clocksource not supported: %s", clk_name);
-out:
-	fclose(fp);
-}
-
 int main(void)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
@@ -179,7 +143,7 @@ int main(void)
 	flags = kvm_check_cap(KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK);
 	TEST_REQUIRE(flags & KVM_CLOCK_REALTIME);
 
-	check_clocksource();
+	TEST_REQUIRE(sys_clocksource_is_tsc());
 
 	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_main);
 
