diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index a8725942ee51..40a5093917e7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ static int create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size,
 	}
 	if (write(*fd, "3", 1) != 1) {
 		ksft_perror("write to drop_caches");
-		goto err_out_unlink;
+		goto err_out_close;
 	}
 	close(*fd);