diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
index 3fe7ef04ac62..c8393ca52cab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages)
 	unlink(finfo.path);  /* Cleanup from previous failed tests */
 	printf("Creating %s for collapse%s...", finfo.path,
 	       finfo.type == VMA_SHMEM ? " (tmpfs)" : "");
-	fd = open(finfo.path, O_DSYNC | O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_TRUNC | O_EXCL,
+	fd = open(finfo.path, O_CREAT | O_RDWR | O_TRUNC | O_EXCL,
 		  777);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		perror("open()");
@@ -381,9 +381,21 @@ static void *file_setup_area(int nr_hpages)
 	}
 
 	size = nr_hpages * hpage_pmd_size;
-	p = alloc_mapping(nr_hpages);
+	if (ftruncate(fd, size)) {
+		perror("ftruncate()");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	p = mmap(BASE_ADDR, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+		MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if (p != BASE_ADDR) {
+		perror("mmap()");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 	fill_memory(p, 0, size);
-	write(fd, p, size);
+	if (msync(p, size, MS_SYNC)) {
+		perror("msync()");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
 	close(fd);
 	munmap(p, size);
 	success("OK");