diff --git a/lib/test_maple_tree.c b/lib/test_maple_tree.c
index ab9d4461abc9..b80e28cdaa96 100644
--- a/lib/test_maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/test_maple_tree.c
@@ -2741,10 +2741,6 @@ static int __init maple_tree_seed(void)
 
 	pr_info("\nTEST STARTING\n\n");
 
-	mt_init_flags(&tree, MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE);
-	check_root_expand(&tree);
-	mtree_destroy(&tree);
-
 #if defined(BENCH_SLOT_STORE)
 #define BENCH
 	mt_init_flags(&tree, MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE);
@@ -2788,6 +2784,10 @@ static int __init maple_tree_seed(void)
 	goto skip;
 #endif
 
+	mt_init_flags(&tree, MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE);
+	check_root_expand(&tree);
+	mtree_destroy(&tree);
+
 	mt_init_flags(&tree, MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE);
 	check_iteration(&tree);
 	mtree_destroy(&tree);
diff --git a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
index 916cf8b45ddf..a2626f02f385 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
@@ -36195,7 +36195,9 @@ void farmer_tests(void)
 
 void maple_tree_tests(void)
 {
+#if !defined(BENCH)
 	farmer_tests();
+#endif
 	maple_tree_seed();
 	maple_tree_harvest();
 }