diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/tests/vma.c b/tools/testing/vma/tests/vma.c
index 754a2da06321..0d40d7ba2181 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/tests/vma.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/tests/vma.c
@@ -33,7 +33,51 @@ static bool test_copy_vma(void)
 	struct mm_struct mm = {};
 	bool need_locks = false;
 	VMA_ITERATOR(vmi, &mm, 0);
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *vma_new, *vma_next;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *vma_prev, *vma_new, *vma_next, *vma_orig;
+
+	/* Move forwards, adjacent to old self - self-merge. */
+
+	vma = alloc_and_link_vma(&mm, 0x1000, 0x2000, 1, vma_flags);
+	vma_set_anonymous(vma);
+	vma_orig = vma;
+	vma_new = copy_vma(&vma, 0x2000, 0x1000, 1, &need_locks);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new, vma_orig);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma, vma_orig);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_start, 0x1000);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_end, 0x3000);
+
+	cleanup_mm(&mm, &vmi);
+
+	/* Move backwards, adjacent to old self - self-merge. */
+
+	vma = alloc_and_link_vma(&mm, 0x2000, 0x3000, 2, vma_flags);
+	vma_set_anonymous(vma);
+	vma_orig = vma;
+	vma_new = copy_vma(&vma, 0x1000, 0x1000, 2, &need_locks);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new, vma_orig);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma, vma_orig);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_start, 0x1000);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_end, 0x3000);
+
+	cleanup_mm(&mm, &vmi);
+
+	/*
+	 * Move backwards between prior VMA and old self - self-merge and vma
+	 * updated to a new VMA.
+	 */
+
+	vma_prev = alloc_and_link_vma(&mm, 0x1000, 0x2000, 1, vma_flags);
+	vma_set_anonymous(vma_prev);
+	vma = alloc_and_link_vma(&mm, 0x3000, 0x4000, 3, vma_flags);
+	vma_set_anonymous(vma);
+	vma_orig = vma;
+	vma_new = copy_vma(&vma, 0x2000, 0x1000, 3, &need_locks);
+	ASSERT_NE(vma_new, vma_orig);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new, vma);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_start, 0x1000);
+	ASSERT_EQ(vma_new->vm_end, 0x4000);
+
+	cleanup_mm(&mm, &vmi);
 
 	/* Move backwards and do not merge. */