diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/dummy_st_ops.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/dummy_st_ops.c
index d3d94596ab79cf0f4b1d78a60a03b69231da17f4..dd926c00f41469d9ddf818c1c379eb9e4820ebbe 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/dummy_st_ops.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/dummy_st_ops.c
@@ -147,31 +147,6 @@ static void test_dummy_sleepable(void)
 	dummy_st_ops_success__destroy(skel);
 }
 
-/* dummy_st_ops.test_sleepable() parameter is not marked as nullable,
- * thus bpf_prog_test_run_opts() below should be rejected as it tries
- * to pass NULL for this parameter.
- */
-static void test_dummy_sleepable_reject_null(void)
-{
-	__u64 args[1] = {0};
-	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, attr,
-		.ctx_in = args,
-		.ctx_size_in = sizeof(args),
-	);
-	struct dummy_st_ops_success *skel;
-	int fd, err;
-
-	skel = dummy_st_ops_success__open_and_load();
-	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "dummy_st_ops_load"))
-		return;
-
-	fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.test_sleepable);
-	err = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(fd, &attr);
-	ASSERT_EQ(err, -EINVAL, "test_run");
-
-	dummy_st_ops_success__destroy(skel);
-}
-
 void test_dummy_st_ops(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("dummy_st_ops_attach"))
@@ -184,8 +159,6 @@ void test_dummy_st_ops(void)
 		test_dummy_multiple_args();
 	if (test__start_subtest("dummy_sleepable"))
 		test_dummy_sleepable();
-	if (test__start_subtest("dummy_sleepable_reject_null"))
-		test_dummy_sleepable_reject_null();
 
 	RUN_TESTS(dummy_st_ops_fail);
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dummy_st_ops_success.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dummy_st_ops_success.c
index ec0c595d47af8439ba15636c3000236ca4b678e9..151e3a3ea27fb8efe5a2a6dca98aab011b632bd3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dummy_st_ops_success.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dummy_st_ops_success.c
@@ -11,17 +11,8 @@ int BPF_PROG(test_1, struct bpf_dummy_ops_state *state)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Check that 'state' nullable status is detected correctly.
-	 * If 'state' argument would be assumed non-null by verifier
-	 * the code below would be deleted as dead (which it shouldn't).
-	 * Hide it from the compiler behind 'asm' block to avoid
-	 * unnecessary optimizations.
-	 */
-	asm volatile (
-		"if %[state] != 0 goto +2;"
-		"r0 = 0xf2f3f4f5;"
-		"exit;"
-	::[state]"p"(state));
+	if (!state)
+		return 0xf2f3f4f5;
 
 	ret = state->val;
 	state->val = 0x5a;