diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
index 302c4923d093..f8b3d0b68830 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void vcpu_worker(struct memstress_vcpu_args *vcpu_args)
 static int handle_uffd_page_request(int uffd_mode, int uffd,
 		struct uffd_msg *msg)
 {
-	pid_t tid = syscall(__NR_gettid);
+	pid_t tid = kvm_gettid();
 	u64 addr = msg->arg.pagefault.address;
 	struct timespec start;
 	struct timespec ts_diff;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
index 6cb3bed29b81..dc4fb97aef8d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_syscalls.h
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ static inline int kvm_dup(int fd)
 	return new_fd;
 }
 
+static inline pid_t kvm_gettid(void)
+{
+	return syscall(__NR_gettid);
+}
+
 __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(munmap, 2, void *, mem, size_t, size);
 __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(close, 1, int, fd);
 __KVM_SYSCALL_DEFINE(fallocate, 4, int, fd, int, mode, loff_t, offset, loff_t, len);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
index 8be0d09ecf0f..1d72dcdfce3b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/assert.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 #include "kselftest.h"
+#include "kvm_syscalls.h"
 
 #ifdef __GLIBC__
 #include <execinfo.h>
@@ -64,11 +65,6 @@ static void test_dump_stack(void)
 static void test_dump_stack(void) {}
 #endif
 
-static pid_t _gettid(void)
-{
-	return syscall(SYS_gettid);
-}
-
 void __attribute__((noinline))
 test_assert(bool exp, const char *exp_str,
 	const char *file, unsigned int line, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ test_assert(bool exp, const char *exp_str,
 		fprintf(stderr, "==== Test Assertion Failure ====\n"
 			"  %s:%u: %s\n"
 			"  pid=%d tid=%d errno=%d - %s\n",
-			file, line, exp_str, getpid(), _gettid(),
+			file, line, exp_str, getpid(), kvm_gettid(),
 			errno, strerror(errno));
 		test_dump_stack();
 		if (fmt) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
index e208a57f190c..6b00ab11f3c0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/test_util.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "linux/kernel.h"
 
 #include "test_util.h"
+#include "kvm_syscalls.h"
 
 sigjmp_buf expect_sigbus_jmpbuf;
 
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ long get_run_delay(void)
 	long val[2];
 	FILE *fp;
 
-	sprintf(path, "/proc/%ld/schedstat", syscall(SYS_gettid));
+	sprintf(path, "/proc/%ld/schedstat", (long)kvm_gettid());
 	fp = fopen(path, "r");
 	/* Return MIN_RUN_DELAY_NS upon failure just to be safe */
 	if (fscanf(fp, "%ld %ld ", &val[0], &val[1]) < 2)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
index f80ad6b47d16..6510fbfd64f1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/rseq_test.c
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, guest_code);
 
 	pthread_create(&migration_thread, NULL, migration_worker,
-		       (void *)(unsigned long)syscall(SYS_gettid));
+		       (void *)(unsigned long)kvm_gettid());
 
 	if (latency >= 0) {
 		/*