{
        int j, filter_count;
        struct kunit_attr_filter *parsed_filters;
-       char *filters = "speed>slow, module!=example";
+       char filters[] = "speed>slow, module!=example", *filter = filters;
        int err = 0;
 
        filter_count = kunit_get_filter_count(filters);
        parsed_filters = kunit_kcalloc(test, filter_count, sizeof(*parsed_filters),
                        GFP_KERNEL);
        for (j = 0; j < filter_count; j++) {
-               parsed_filters[j] = kunit_next_attr_filter(&filters, &err);
+               parsed_filters[j] = kunit_next_attr_filter(&filter, &err);
                KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ_MSG(test, err, 0, "failed to parse filter '%s'", filters[j]);
        }
 
                .start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[2],
        };
        struct kunit_suite_set got;
+       char filter[] = "speed>slow";
        int err = 0;
 
        subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "normal_suite", dummy_attr_test_cases);
         * attribute is unset and thus, the filtering is based on the parent attribute
         * of slow.
         */
-       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "speed>slow", NULL, &err);
+       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, NULL, &err);
        KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, got.start);
        KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
        kfree_at_end(test, got.start);
                .start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[2],
        };
        struct kunit_suite_set got;
+       char filter[] = "module!=dummy";
        int err = 0;
 
        subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite1", dummy_attr_test_cases);
        subsuite[1] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite2", dummy_attr_test_cases);
 
-       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "module!=dummy", NULL, &err);
+       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, NULL, &err);
        KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
        kfree_at_end(test, got.start); /* just in case */
 
                .start = subsuite, .end = &subsuite[1],
        };
        struct kunit_suite_set got;
+       char filter[] = "speed>slow";
        int err = 0;
 
        subsuite[0] = alloc_fake_suite(test, "suite", dummy_attr_test_cases);
 
        /* Want: suite(slow, normal), NULL -> suite(slow with SKIP, normal), NULL */
-       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, "speed>slow", "skip", &err);
+       got = kunit_filter_suites(&suite_set, NULL, filter, "skip", &err);
        KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, got.start);
        KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
        kfree_at_end(test, got.start);