diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 0c6df5b3c89b..470842187c89 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ static int shm_fd;
 static int huge_fd;
 static char *huge_fd_off0;
 static unsigned long long *count_verify;
-static int uffd, uffd_flags, finished, *pipefd;
+static int uffd = -1;
+static int uffd_flags, finished, *pipefd;
 static char *area_src, *area_src_alias, *area_dst, *area_dst_alias;
 static char *zeropage;
 pthread_attr_t attr;
@@ -367,6 +368,146 @@ static struct uffd_test_ops hugetlb_uffd_test_ops = {
 
 static struct uffd_test_ops *uffd_test_ops;
 
+static int userfaultfd_open(uint64_t *features)
+{
+	struct uffdio_api uffdio_api;
+
+	uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (uffd < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"userfaultfd syscall not available in this kernel\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	uffd_flags = fcntl(uffd, F_GETFD, NULL);
+
+	uffdio_api.api = UFFD_API;
+	uffdio_api.features = *features;
+	if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API failed.\nPlease make sure to "
+			"run with either root or ptrace capability.\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	if (uffdio_api.api != UFFD_API) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API error: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+			(uint64_t)uffdio_api.api);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	*features = uffdio_api.features;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(uint64_t *features)
+{
+	unsigned long nr, cpu;
+
+	uffd_test_ops->allocate_area((void **)&area_src);
+	if (!area_src)
+		return 1;
+	uffd_test_ops->allocate_area((void **)&area_dst);
+	if (!area_dst)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_src))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (userfaultfd_open(features))
+		return 1;
+
+	count_verify = malloc(nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long long));
+	if (!count_verify) {
+		perror("count_verify");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	for (nr = 0; nr < nr_pages; nr++) {
+		*area_mutex(area_src, nr) =
+			(pthread_mutex_t)PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+		count_verify[nr] = *area_count(area_src, nr) = 1;
+		/*
+		 * In the transition between 255 to 256, powerpc will
+		 * read out of order in my_bcmp and see both bytes as
+		 * zero, so leave a placeholder below always non-zero
+		 * after the count, to avoid my_bcmp to trigger false
+		 * positives.
+		 */
+		*(area_count(area_src, nr) + 1) = 1;
+	}
+
+	pipefd = malloc(sizeof(int) * nr_cpus * 2);
+	if (!pipefd) {
+		perror("pipefd");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
+		if (pipe2(&pipefd[cpu * 2], O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK)) {
+			perror("pipe");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int uffd_test_ctx_init(uint64_t features)
+{
+	return uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features);
+}
+
+static inline int munmap_area(void **area)
+{
+	if (*area) {
+		if (munmap(*area, nr_pages * page_size)) {
+			perror("munmap");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*area = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int uffd_test_ctx_clear(void)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	size_t i;
+
+	if (pipefd) {
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus * 2; ++i) {
+			if (close(pipefd[i])) {
+				perror("close pipefd");
+				ret = 1;
+			}
+		}
+		free(pipefd);
+		pipefd = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (count_verify) {
+		free(count_verify);
+		count_verify = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (uffd != -1) {
+		if (close(uffd)) {
+			perror("close uffd");
+			ret = 1;
+		}
+		uffd = -1;
+	}
+
+	huge_fd_off0 = NULL;
+	ret |= munmap_area((void **)&area_src);
+	ret |= munmap_area((void **)&area_src_alias);
+	ret |= munmap_area((void **)&area_dst);
+	ret |= munmap_area((void **)&area_dst_alias);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int my_bcmp(char *str1, char *str2, size_t n)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
@@ -856,38 +997,6 @@ static int stress(struct uffd_stats *uffd_stats)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int userfaultfd_open_ext(uint64_t *features)
-{
-	struct uffdio_api uffdio_api;
-
-	uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK);
-	if (uffd < 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"userfaultfd syscall not available in this kernel\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	uffd_flags = fcntl(uffd, F_GETFD, NULL);
-
-	uffdio_api.api = UFFD_API;
-	uffdio_api.features = *features;
-	if (ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	if (uffdio_api.api != UFFD_API) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "UFFDIO_API error %Lu\n", uffdio_api.api);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	*features = uffdio_api.features;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int userfaultfd_open(uint64_t features)
-{
-	return userfaultfd_open_ext(&features);
-}
-
 sigjmp_buf jbuf, *sigbuf;
 
 static void sighndl(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *ptr)
@@ -1005,6 +1114,8 @@ static int faulting_process(int signal_test)
 		perror("mremap");
 		exit(1);
 	}
+	/* Reset area_src since we just clobbered it */
+	area_src = NULL;
 
 	for (; nr < nr_pages; nr++) {
 		count = *area_count(area_dst, nr);
@@ -1123,11 +1234,9 @@ static int userfaultfd_zeropage_test(void)
 	printf("testing UFFDIO_ZEROPAGE: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
+	if (uffd_test_ctx_clear() || uffd_test_ctx_init(0))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (userfaultfd_open(0) < 0)
-		return 1;
 	uffdio_register.range.start = (unsigned long) area_dst;
 	uffdio_register.range.len = nr_pages * page_size;
 	uffdio_register.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING;
@@ -1153,7 +1262,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_zeropage_test(void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	close(uffd);
 	printf("done.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1171,13 +1279,11 @@ static int userfaultfd_events_test(void)
 	printf("testing events (fork, remap, remove): ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
-		return 1;
-
 	features = UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK | UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMAP |
 		UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE;
-	if (userfaultfd_open(features) < 0)
+	if (uffd_test_ctx_clear() || uffd_test_ctx_init(features))
 		return 1;
+
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	uffdio_register.range.start = (unsigned long) area_dst;
@@ -1223,8 +1329,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_events_test(void)
 	if (pthread_join(uffd_mon, NULL))
 		return 1;
 
-	close(uffd);
-
 	uffd_stats_report(&stats, 1);
 
 	return stats.missing_faults != nr_pages;
@@ -1244,12 +1348,10 @@ static int userfaultfd_sig_test(void)
 	printf("testing signal delivery: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
+	features = UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK|UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS;
+	if (uffd_test_ctx_clear() || uffd_test_ctx_init(features))
 		return 1;
 
-	features = UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK|UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS;
-	if (userfaultfd_open(features) < 0)
-		return 1;
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	uffdio_register.range.start = (unsigned long) area_dst;
@@ -1307,7 +1409,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_sig_test(void)
 	if (userfaults)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Signal test failed, userfaults: %ld\n",
 			userfaults);
-	close(uffd);
 	return userfaults != 0;
 }
 
@@ -1329,10 +1430,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_minor_test(void)
 	printf("testing minor faults: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
-		return 1;
-
-	if (userfaultfd_open_ext(&features))
+	if (uffd_test_ctx_clear() || uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features))
 		return 1;
 	/* If kernel reports the feature isn't supported, skip the test. */
 	if (!(features & UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)) {
@@ -1400,8 +1498,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_minor_test(void)
 	if (pthread_join(uffd_mon, NULL))
 		return 1;
 
-	close(uffd);
-
 	uffd_stats_report(&stats, 1);
 
 	return stats.missing_faults != 0 || stats.minor_faults != nr_pages;
@@ -1413,51 +1509,11 @@ static int userfaultfd_stress(void)
 	char *tmp_area;
 	unsigned long nr;
 	struct uffdio_register uffdio_register;
-	unsigned long cpu;
 	int err;
 	struct uffd_stats uffd_stats[nr_cpus];
 
-	uffd_test_ops->allocate_area((void **)&area_src);
-	if (!area_src)
+	if (uffd_test_ctx_init(0))
 		return 1;
-	uffd_test_ops->allocate_area((void **)&area_dst);
-	if (!area_dst)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (userfaultfd_open(0) < 0)
-		return 1;
-
-	count_verify = malloc(nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long long));
-	if (!count_verify) {
-		perror("count_verify");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	for (nr = 0; nr < nr_pages; nr++) {
-		*area_mutex(area_src, nr) = (pthread_mutex_t)
-			PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-		count_verify[nr] = *area_count(area_src, nr) = 1;
-		/*
-		 * In the transition between 255 to 256, powerpc will
-		 * read out of order in my_bcmp and see both bytes as
-		 * zero, so leave a placeholder below always non-zero
-		 * after the count, to avoid my_bcmp to trigger false
-		 * positives.
-		 */
-		*(area_count(area_src, nr) + 1) = 1;
-	}
-
-	pipefd = malloc(sizeof(int) * nr_cpus * 2);
-	if (!pipefd) {
-		perror("pipefd");
-		return 1;
-	}
-	for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
-		if (pipe2(&pipefd[cpu*2], O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK)) {
-			perror("pipe");
-			return 1;
-		}
-	}
 
 	if (posix_memalign(&area, page_size, page_size)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "out of memory\n");
@@ -1601,7 +1657,6 @@ static int userfaultfd_stress(void)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	close(uffd);
 	return userfaultfd_zeropage_test() || userfaultfd_sig_test()
 		|| userfaultfd_events_test() || userfaultfd_minor_test();
 }