diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index a2b6745324ab358a5685ccb6ce690a4f64a8b809..368972f0db783dc5173e40ce0e337aac8d1a5077 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ config PRIME_NUMBERS
 	tristate
 
 config STRING_SELFTEST
-	bool "Test string functions"
+	tristate "Test string functions"
 
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 136a0b2545641dc0f6e4635fd7124a41081fa5a9..e3cb2a2413380aa7d70d65ca11689aea6ea261bf 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
 	 bsearch.o find_bit.o llist.o memweight.o kfifo.o \
 	 percpu-refcount.o percpu_ida.o rhashtable.o reciprocal_div.o \
 	 once.o refcount.o usercopy.o errseq.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_STRING_SELFTEST) += test_string.o
 obj-y += string_helpers.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_STRING_HELPERS) += test-string_helpers.o
 obj-y += hexdump.o
diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 5e8d410a93df5eb569e15815782be2027ec69d6e..64a9e33f1daae4b2bb02ba7dbdc0bf431756935f 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -1052,144 +1052,3 @@ void fortify_panic(const char *name)
 	BUG();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fortify_panic);
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_STRING_SELFTEST
-#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
-
-static __init int memset16_selftest(void)
-{
-	unsigned i, j, k;
-	u16 v, *p;
-
-	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		return -1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
-			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
-			memset16(p + i, 0xb1b2, j);
-			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
-				v = p[k];
-				if (k < i) {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1)
-						goto fail;
-				} else if (k < i + j) {
-					if (v != 0xb1b2)
-						goto fail;
-				} else {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1)
-						goto fail;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-fail:
-	kfree(p);
-	if (i < 256)
-		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static __init int memset32_selftest(void)
-{
-	unsigned i, j, k;
-	u32 v, *p;
-
-	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		return -1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
-			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
-			memset32(p + i, 0xb1b2b3b4, j);
-			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
-				v = p[k];
-				if (k < i) {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1)
-						goto fail;
-				} else if (k < i + j) {
-					if (v != 0xb1b2b3b4)
-						goto fail;
-				} else {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1)
-						goto fail;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-fail:
-	kfree(p);
-	if (i < 256)
-		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static __init int memset64_selftest(void)
-{
-	unsigned i, j, k;
-	u64 v, *p;
-
-	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 8, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!p)
-		return -1;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
-			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
-			memset64(p + i, 0xb1b2b3b4b5b6b7b8ULL, j);
-			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
-				v = p[k];
-				if (k < i) {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1ULL)
-						goto fail;
-				} else if (k < i + j) {
-					if (v != 0xb1b2b3b4b5b6b7b8ULL)
-						goto fail;
-				} else {
-					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1ULL)
-						goto fail;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-fail:
-	kfree(p);
-	if (i < 256)
-		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static __init int string_selftest_init(void)
-{
-	int test, subtest;
-
-	test = 1;
-	subtest = memset16_selftest();
-	if (subtest)
-		goto fail;
-
-	test = 2;
-	subtest = memset32_selftest();
-	if (subtest)
-		goto fail;
-
-	test = 3;
-	subtest = memset64_selftest();
-	if (subtest)
-		goto fail;
-
-	pr_info("String selftests succeeded\n");
-	return 0;
-fail:
-	pr_crit("String selftest failure %d.%08x\n", test, subtest);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-module_init(string_selftest_init);
-#endif	/* CONFIG_STRING_SELFTEST */
diff --git a/lib/test_string.c b/lib/test_string.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fcdb82dca8667604a0a0756803b7c7914fc3aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/test_string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+static __init int memset16_selftest(void)
+{
+	unsigned i, j, k;
+	u16 v, *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 2, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
+			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
+			memset16(p + i, 0xb1b2, j);
+			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
+				v = p[k];
+				if (k < i) {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1)
+						goto fail;
+				} else if (k < i + j) {
+					if (v != 0xb1b2)
+						goto fail;
+				} else {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1)
+						goto fail;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+fail:
+	kfree(p);
+	if (i < 256)
+		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __init int memset32_selftest(void)
+{
+	unsigned i, j, k;
+	u32 v, *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
+			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
+			memset32(p + i, 0xb1b2b3b4, j);
+			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
+				v = p[k];
+				if (k < i) {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1)
+						goto fail;
+				} else if (k < i + j) {
+					if (v != 0xb1b2b3b4)
+						goto fail;
+				} else {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1)
+						goto fail;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+fail:
+	kfree(p);
+	if (i < 256)
+		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __init int memset64_selftest(void)
+{
+	unsigned i, j, k;
+	u64 v, *p;
+
+	p = kmalloc(256 * 2 * 8, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!p)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < 256; j++) {
+			memset(p, 0xa1, 256 * 2 * sizeof(v));
+			memset64(p + i, 0xb1b2b3b4b5b6b7b8ULL, j);
+			for (k = 0; k < 512; k++) {
+				v = p[k];
+				if (k < i) {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1ULL)
+						goto fail;
+				} else if (k < i + j) {
+					if (v != 0xb1b2b3b4b5b6b7b8ULL)
+						goto fail;
+				} else {
+					if (v != 0xa1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1ULL)
+						goto fail;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+fail:
+	kfree(p);
+	if (i < 256)
+		return (i << 24) | (j << 16) | k;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static __init int string_selftest_init(void)
+{
+	int test, subtest;
+
+	test = 1;
+	subtest = memset16_selftest();
+	if (subtest)
+		goto fail;
+
+	test = 2;
+	subtest = memset32_selftest();
+	if (subtest)
+		goto fail;
+
+	test = 3;
+	subtest = memset64_selftest();
+	if (subtest)
+		goto fail;
+
+	pr_info("String selftests succeeded\n");
+	return 0;
+fail:
+	pr_crit("String selftest failure %d.%08x\n", test, subtest);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+module_init(string_selftest_init);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");