diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
index a81210ca3e99..c17fd66b73ac 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_common.sh
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ __run_io_and_remove()
 	local kill_server=$3
 
 	fio --name=job1 --filename=/dev/ublkb"${dev_id}" --ioengine=libaio \
-		--rw=readwrite --iodepth=256 --size="${size}" --numjobs=4 \
+		--rw=randrw --norandommap --iodepth=256 --size="${size}" --numjobs="$(nproc)" \
 		--runtime=20 --time_based > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 	sleep 2
 	if [ "${kill_server}" = "yes" ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_02.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_02.sh
index 1a9065125ae1..4bdd921081e5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_02.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ublk/test_stress_02.sh
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ _create_backfile 0 256M
 _create_backfile 1 128M
 _create_backfile 2 128M
 
-ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q 4 &
-ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t loop -q 4 "${UBLK_BACKFILES[0]}" &
-ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t stripe -q 4 "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[2]}" &
-wait
+for nr_queue in 1 4; do
+	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 8G -t null -q "$nr_queue" &
+	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t loop -q "$nr_queue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[0]}" &
+	ublk_io_and_kill_daemon 256M -t stripe -q "$nr_queue" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[1]}" "${UBLK_BACKFILES[2]}" &
+	wait
+done
 
 _cleanup_test "stress"
 _show_result $TID $ERR_CODE