diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
index 4d53238b139f..cccf1c44bddb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct perf_test_vcpu_args {
 struct perf_test_args {
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
 	uint64_t host_page_size;
+	uint64_t gpa;
 	uint64_t guest_page_size;
 	int wr_fract;
 
@@ -37,13 +38,6 @@ struct perf_test_args {
 
 extern struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
 
-/*
- * Guest physical memory offset of the testing memory slot.
- * This will be set to the topmost valid physical address minus
- * the test memory size.
- */
-extern uint64_t guest_test_phys_mem;
-
 struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
 				   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes,
 				   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
index f22ce1836547..03f125236021 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
 
-uint64_t guest_test_phys_mem;
-
 /*
  * Guest virtual memory offset of the testing memory slot.
  * Must not conflict with identity mapped test code.
@@ -87,29 +85,25 @@ struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
 	TEST_ASSERT(guest_num_pages < vm_get_max_gfn(vm),
 		    "Requested more guest memory than address space allows.\n"
 		    "    guest pages: %lx max gfn: %x vcpus: %d wss: %lx]\n",
-		    guest_num_pages, vm_get_max_gfn(vm), vcpus,
-		    vcpu_memory_bytes);
+		    guest_num_pages, vm_get_max_gfn(vm), vcpus, vcpu_memory_bytes);
 
-	guest_test_phys_mem = (vm_get_max_gfn(vm) - guest_num_pages) *
-			      pta->guest_page_size;
-	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~(pta->host_page_size - 1);
+	pta->gpa = (vm_get_max_gfn(vm) - guest_num_pages) * pta->guest_page_size;
+	pta->gpa &= ~(pta->host_page_size - 1);
 	if (backing_src == VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS_THP ||
 	    backing_src == VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS_HUGETLB)
-		guest_test_phys_mem &= ~(KVM_UTIL_HUGEPAGE_ALIGNMENT - 1);
-
+		pta->gpa &= ~(KVM_UTIL_HUGEPAGE_ALIGNMENT - 1);
 #ifdef __s390x__
 	/* Align to 1M (segment size) */
-	guest_test_phys_mem &= ~((1 << 20) - 1);
+	pta->gpa &= ~((1 << 20) - 1);
 #endif
-	pr_info("guest physical test memory offset: 0x%lx\n", guest_test_phys_mem);
+	pr_info("guest physical test memory offset: 0x%lx\n", pta->gpa);
 
 	/* Add an extra memory slot for testing */
-	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, backing_src, guest_test_phys_mem,
-				    PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX,
-				    guest_num_pages, 0);
+	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, backing_src, pta->gpa,
+				    PERF_TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, guest_num_pages, 0);
 
 	/* Do mapping for the demand paging memory slot */
-	virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, guest_test_phys_mem, guest_num_pages, 0);
+	virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, pta->gpa, guest_num_pages, 0);
 
 	ucall_init(vm, NULL);
 
@@ -139,13 +133,13 @@ void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus,
 					 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
 			vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
 					   pta->guest_page_size;
-			vcpu_args->gpa = guest_test_phys_mem +
+			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa +
 					 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
 		} else {
 			vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem;
 			vcpu_args->pages = (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) /
 					   pta->guest_page_size;
-			vcpu_args->gpa = guest_test_phys_mem;
+			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa;
 		}
 
 		pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
index 6096bf0a5b34..569bb1f55bdf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 
 	add_remove_memslot(vm, p->memslot_modification_delay,
 			   p->nr_memslot_modifications,
-			   guest_test_phys_mem +
+			   perf_test_args.gpa +
 			   (guest_percpu_mem_size * nr_vcpus) +
 			   perf_test_args.host_page_size +
 			   perf_test_args.guest_page_size);
