diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-mremap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-mremap.c
index 00b4c2cc95a6..ed3d92e862d8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-mremap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-mremap.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define MB_TO_BYTES(x) (x * 1024 * 1024)
 
 #define PROTECTION (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC)
-#define FLAGS (MAP_SHARED | MAP_ANONYMOUS)
+#define FLAGS (MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_SHARED)
 
 static void check_bytes(char *addr)
 {
@@ -132,23 +132,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* mmap to a PUD aligned address to hopefully trigger pmd sharing. */
 	unsigned long suggested_addr = 0x7eaa40000000;
-	void *haddr = mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION,
-			   MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_SHARED | MAP_POPULATE, fd, 0);
+	void *haddr = mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION, FLAGS, fd, 0);
 	ksft_print_msg("Map haddr: Returned address is %p\n", haddr);
 	if (haddr == MAP_FAILED)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("mmap1: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	/* mmap again to a dummy address to hopefully trigger pmd sharing. */
 	suggested_addr = 0x7daa40000000;
-	void *daddr = mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION,
-			   MAP_HUGETLB | MAP_SHARED | MAP_POPULATE, fd, 0);
+	void *daddr = mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION, FLAGS, fd, 0);
 	ksft_print_msg("Map daddr: Returned address is %p\n", daddr);
 	if (daddr == MAP_FAILED)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("mmap3: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
 	suggested_addr = 0x7faa40000000;
-	void *vaddr =
-		mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION, FLAGS, -1, 0);
+	void *vaddr = mmap((void *)suggested_addr, length, PROTECTION, FLAGS, fd, 0);
 	ksft_print_msg("Map vaddr: Returned address is %p\n", vaddr);
 	if (vaddr == MAP_FAILED)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("mmap2: %s\n", strerror(errno));