diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
index 69cb1b50988c..1db0ba1226b9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_kmem.c
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static int test_percpu_basic(const char *root)
 {
 	int ret = KSFT_FAIL;
 	char *parent, *child;
-	long current, percpu;
+	long current, percpu, slab;
 	int i;
 
 	parent = cg_name(root, "percpu_basic_test");
@@ -383,13 +383,14 @@ static int test_percpu_basic(const char *root)
 
 	current = cg_read_long(parent, "memory.current");
 	percpu = cg_read_key_long(parent, "memory.stat", "percpu ");
+	slab = cg_read_key_long(parent, "memory.stat", "slab ");
 
-	if (current > 0 && percpu > 0 && labs(current - percpu) <
-	    MAX_VMSTAT_ERROR)
+	if (current > 0 && percpu > 0 && slab >= 0 &&
+			labs(current - (percpu + slab)) < MAX_VMSTAT_ERROR)
 		ret = KSFT_PASS;
 	else
-		printf("memory.current %ld\npercpu %ld\n",
-		       current, percpu);
+		printf("memory.current %ld\npercpu %ld\nslab %ld\ndelta %ld\n",
+			current, percpu, slab, current - (percpu + slab));
 
 cleanup_children:
 	for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {