diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
index 2b3b47e4a973e..d61e623afc8cf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void memstress_setup_nested(struct kvm_vm *vm, int nr_vcpus, struct kvm_vcpu *vc
 	int vcpu_id;
 
 	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX));
+	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has_ept());
 
 	for (vcpu_id = 0; vcpu_id < nr_vcpus; vcpu_id++) {
 		vmx = vcpu_alloc_vmx(vm, &vmx_gva);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/vmx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/vmx.c
index 6800fc9aeef01..3e4ea846366cb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/vmx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/vmx.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ bool kvm_cpu_has_ept(void)
 void prepare_eptp(struct vmx_pages *vmx, struct kvm_vm *vm,
 		  uint32_t eptp_memslot)
 {
-	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has_ept());
+	TEST_ASSERT(kvm_cpu_has_ept(), "KVM doesn't support nested EPT");
 
 	vmx->eptp = (void *)vm_vaddr_alloc_page(vm);
 	vmx->eptp_hva = addr_gva2hva(vm, (uintptr_t)vmx->eptp);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
index 2d8c23d639f77..f0456fb031b1e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	bool done = false;
 
 	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX));
+	TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has_ept());
 
 	/* Create VM */
 	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, l1_guest_code);