diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.c b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.c
index 5b9772cdf2651..f6156790c3b4d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ unsigned int rseq_size = -1U;
 unsigned int rseq_flags;
 
 static int rseq_ownership;
-static int rseq_reg_success;	/* At least one rseq registration has succeded. */
 
 /* Allocate a large area for the TLS. */
 #define RSEQ_THREAD_AREA_ALLOC_SIZE	1024
@@ -152,14 +151,27 @@ int rseq_register_current_thread(void)
 	}
 	rc = sys_rseq(&__rseq_abi, get_rseq_min_alloc_size(), 0, RSEQ_SIG);
 	if (rc) {
-		if (RSEQ_READ_ONCE(rseq_reg_success)) {
+		/*
+		 * After at least one thread has registered successfully
+		 * (rseq_size > 0), the registration of other threads should
+		 * never fail.
+		 */
+		if (RSEQ_READ_ONCE(rseq_size) > 0) {
 			/* Incoherent success/failure within process. */
 			abort();
 		}
 		return -1;
 	}
 	assert(rseq_current_cpu_raw() >= 0);
-	RSEQ_WRITE_ONCE(rseq_reg_success, 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * The first thread to register sets the rseq_size to mimic the libc
+	 * behavior.
+	 */
+	if (RSEQ_READ_ONCE(rseq_size) == 0) {
+		RSEQ_WRITE_ONCE(rseq_size, get_rseq_kernel_feature_size());
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -235,12 +247,18 @@ void rseq_init(void)
 		return;
 	}
 	rseq_ownership = 1;
-	if (!rseq_available()) {
-		rseq_size = 0;
-		return;
-	}
+
+	/* Calculate the offset of the rseq area from the thread pointer. */
 	rseq_offset = (void *)&__rseq_abi - rseq_thread_pointer();
+
+	/* rseq flags are deprecated, always set to 0. */
 	rseq_flags = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the size to 0 until at least one thread registers to mimic the
+	 * libc behavior.
+	 */
+	rseq_size = 0;
 }
 
 static __attribute__((destructor))
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
index 4e217b620e0c7..062d10925a101 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq.h
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@
 extern ptrdiff_t rseq_offset;
 
 /*
- * Size of the registered rseq area. 0 if the registration was
+ * The rseq ABI is composed of extensible feature fields. The extensions
+ * are done by appending additional fields at the end of the structure.
+ * The rseq_size defines the size of the active feature set which can be
+ * used by the application for the current rseq registration. Features
+ * starting at offset >= rseq_size are inactive and should not be used.
+ *
+ * The rseq_size is the intersection between the available allocation
+ * size for the rseq area and the feature size supported by the kernel.
  * unsuccessful.
  */
 extern unsigned int rseq_size;