diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.cpp
index ddcf8ceb16..67ccc68336 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.cpp
@@ -184,11 +184,8 @@ TEST_F(KFDExceptionTest, AddressFault) {
 
     m_ChildPid = fork();
     if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
-        m_ChildStatus = hsaKmtOpenKFD();
-        if (m_ChildStatus != HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            WARN() << "KFD open failed in child process" << std::endl;
-            return;
-        }
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::TearDown();
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::SetUp();
 
         HsaMemoryBuffer srcBuffer(PAGE_SIZE, defaultGPUNode, false);
 
@@ -228,11 +225,8 @@ TEST_F(KFDExceptionTest, PermissionFault) {
 
     m_ChildPid = fork();
     if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
-        m_ChildStatus = hsaKmtOpenKFD();
-        if (m_ChildStatus != HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            WARN() << "KFD open failed in child process" << std::endl;
-            return;
-        }
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::TearDown();
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::SetUp();
 
         HsaMemoryBuffer readOnlyBuffer(PAGE_SIZE, defaultGPUNode, false /*zero*/,
                                        false /*isLocal*/, true /*isExec*/,
@@ -278,11 +272,8 @@ TEST_F(KFDExceptionTest, FaultStorm) {
 
     m_ChildPid = fork();
     if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
-        m_ChildStatus = hsaKmtOpenKFD();
-        if (m_ChildStatus != HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            WARN() << "KFD open failed in child process" << std::endl;
-            return;
-        }
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::TearDown();
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::SetUp();
 
         TestMemoryException(defaultGPUNode, 0x12345678, 0x76543210, 1024, 1024, 1);
     } else {
@@ -321,11 +312,10 @@ TEST_F(KFDExceptionTest, SdmaQueueException) {
     if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
 	unsigned int* pDb = NULL;
 	unsigned int *nullPtr = NULL;
-        m_ChildStatus = hsaKmtOpenKFD();
-        if (m_ChildStatus != HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-            WARN() << "KFD open failed in child process" << std::endl;
-            return;
-        }
+
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::TearDown();
+        KFDBaseComponentTest::SetUp();
+
 	m_MemoryFlags.ui32.NonPaged = 1;
 	ASSERT_SUCCESS(hsaKmtAllocMemory(defaultGPUNode, PAGE_SIZE, m_MemoryFlags,
 				reinterpret_cast<void**>(&pDb)));
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.hpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.hpp
index df57649e2c..f544d95100 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.hpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDExceptionTest.hpp
@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ class KFDExceptionTest : public KFDBaseComponentTest {
          * child process finishes, gtest assumes the test has finished and
          * starts the next test while the parent is still active.
          */
-        if (m_ChildPid == 0)
+        if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
+            if (!m_ChildStatus && HasFatalFailure())
+                m_ChildStatus = HSAKMT_STATUS_ERROR;
             exit(m_ChildStatus);
+        }
     }
 
  protected:
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDIPCTest.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDIPCTest.cpp
index c18b471307..77a94b6eb7 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDIPCTest.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDIPCTest.cpp
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ void KFDIPCTest::BasicTestChildProcess(int defaultGPUNode, int *pipefd, HsaMemFl
     /* Open KFD device for child process. This needs to called before
      * any memory definitions
      */
-    if (HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS != hsaKmtOpenKFD())
-        exit(1);
+    TearDown();
+    SetUp();
 
     SDMAQueue sdmaQueue;
     HsaSharedMemoryHandle sharedHandleLM;
@@ -635,7 +635,10 @@ TEST_F(KFDIPCTest, CrossMemoryAttachTest) {
 
     /* Create a child process and share the above Local Memory with it */
     m_ChildPid = fork();
-    if (m_ChildPid == 0 && hsaKmtOpenKFD() == HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+    if (m_ChildPid == 0) {
+        TearDown();
+        SetUp();
+
         /* Child Process */
         status = CrossMemoryAttachChildProcess(defaultGPUNode, pipeCtoP[1],
             pipePtoC[0], CMA_READ_TEST);