diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
index d585cc1948cc..6bcee2ec91a9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
-CFLAGS = -g -Wall
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 SRCS=$(wildcard *.c)
 OBJS=$(SRCS:.c=.o)
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cqm_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cqm_test.c
index c8756152bd61..5e7308ac63be 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cqm_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/cqm_test.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int check_results(struct resctrl_val_param *param, int no_of_bits)
 		return errno;
 	}
 
-	while (fgets(temp, 1024, fp)) {
+	while (fgets(temp, sizeof(temp), fp)) {
 		char *token = strtok(temp, ":\t");
 		int fields = 0;