diff --git a/lib/kunit/assert.c b/lib/kunit/assert.c
index 33acdaa28a7d..e0ec7d6fed6f 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/assert.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/assert.c
@@ -85,6 +85,29 @@ void kunit_ptr_not_err_assert_format(const struct kunit_assert *assert,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_ptr_not_err_assert_format);
 
+/* Checks if `text` is a literal representing `value`, e.g. "5" and 5 */
+static bool is_literal(struct kunit *test, const char *text, long long value,
+		       gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	char *buffer;
+	int len;
+	bool ret;
+
+	len = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%lld", value);
+	if (strlen(text) != len)
+		return false;
+
+	buffer = kunit_kmalloc(test, len+1, gfp);
+	if (!buffer)
+		return false;
+
+	snprintf(buffer, len+1, "%lld", value);
+	ret = strncmp(buffer, text, len) == 0;
+
+	kunit_kfree(test, buffer);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void kunit_binary_assert_format(const struct kunit_assert *assert,
 				struct string_stream *stream)
 {
@@ -97,12 +120,16 @@ void kunit_binary_assert_format(const struct kunit_assert *assert,
 			  binary_assert->left_text,
 			  binary_assert->operation,
 			  binary_assert->right_text);
-	string_stream_add(stream, KUNIT_SUBSUBTEST_INDENT "%s == %lld\n",
-			  binary_assert->left_text,
-			  binary_assert->left_value);
-	string_stream_add(stream, KUNIT_SUBSUBTEST_INDENT "%s == %lld",
-			  binary_assert->right_text,
-			  binary_assert->right_value);
+	if (!is_literal(stream->test, binary_assert->left_text,
+			binary_assert->left_value, stream->gfp))
+		string_stream_add(stream, KUNIT_SUBSUBTEST_INDENT "%s == %lld\n",
+				  binary_assert->left_text,
+				  binary_assert->left_value);
+	if (!is_literal(stream->test, binary_assert->right_text,
+			binary_assert->right_value, stream->gfp))
+		string_stream_add(stream, KUNIT_SUBSUBTEST_INDENT "%s == %lld",
+				  binary_assert->right_text,
+				  binary_assert->right_value);
 	kunit_assert_print_msg(assert, stream);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kunit_binary_assert_format);