diff --git a/lib/test_maple_tree.c b/lib/test_maple_tree.c
index 464eeb90d5ad..de470950714f 100644
--- a/lib/test_maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/test_maple_tree.c
@@ -3585,10 +3585,6 @@ 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);
@@ -3646,6 +3642,10 @@ 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 12b3390e9591..cb5358674521 100644
--- a/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
+++ b/tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c
@@ -36299,7 +36299,9 @@ void farmer_tests(void)
 
 void maple_tree_tests(void)
 {
+#if !defined(BENCH)
 	farmer_tests();
+#endif
 	maple_tree_seed();
 	maple_tree_harvest();
 }