diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 6e66404e116f..824d3a58ab1a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ TEST_FILES += va_128TBswitch.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
+$(OUTPUT)/khugepaged: vm_util.c
 $(OUTPUT)/madv_populate: vm_util.c
 $(OUTPUT)/soft-dirty: vm_util.c
 $(OUTPUT)/split_huge_page_test: vm_util.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/khugepaged.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/khugepaged.c
index b55dc331af13..235a64b4458c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/khugepaged.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
+#include "vm_util.h"
+
 #ifndef MADV_PAGEOUT
 #define MADV_PAGEOUT 21
 #endif
@@ -352,64 +354,12 @@ static void save_settings(void)
 	signal(SIGQUIT, restore_settings);
 }
 
-#define MAX_LINE_LENGTH 500
-
-static bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, char *pattern, char *buf)
-{
-	while (fgets(buf, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, fp) != NULL) {
-		if (!strncmp(buf, pattern, strlen(pattern)))
-			return true;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 static bool check_huge(void *addr, int nr_hpages)
 {
-	bool thp = false;
-	int ret;
-	FILE *fp;
-	char buffer[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
-	char addr_pattern[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
-
-	ret = snprintf(addr_pattern, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, "%08lx-",
-		       (unsigned long) addr);
-	if (ret >= MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
-		printf("%s: Pattern is too long\n", __func__);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-
-
-	fp = fopen(PID_SMAPS, "r");
-	if (!fp) {
-		printf("%s: Failed to open file %s\n", __func__, PID_SMAPS);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, addr_pattern, buffer))
-		goto err_out;
-
-	ret = snprintf(addr_pattern, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, "AnonHugePages:%10ld kB",
-		       nr_hpages * (hpage_pmd_size >> 10));
-	if (ret >= MAX_LINE_LENGTH) {
-		printf("%s: Pattern is too long\n", __func__);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Fetch the AnonHugePages: in the same block and check whether it got
-	 * the expected number of hugeepages next.
-	 */
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, "AnonHugePages:", buffer))
-		goto err_out;
-
-	if (strncmp(buffer, addr_pattern, strlen(addr_pattern)))
-		goto err_out;
-
-	thp = true;
-err_out:
-	fclose(fp);
-	return thp;
+	return check_huge_anon(addr, nr_hpages, hpage_pmd_size);
 }
 
-
+#define MAX_LINE_LENGTH 500
 static bool check_swap(void *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	bool swap = false;
@@ -431,7 +381,7 @@ static bool check_swap(void *addr, unsigned long size)
 		printf("%s: Failed to open file %s\n", __func__, PID_SMAPS);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, addr_pattern, buffer))
+	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, addr_pattern, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
 		goto err_out;
 
 	ret = snprintf(addr_pattern, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, "Swap:%19ld kB",
@@ -444,7 +394,7 @@ static bool check_swap(void *addr, unsigned long size)
 	 * Fetch the Swap: in the same block and check whether it got
 	 * the expected number of hugeepages next.
 	 */
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, "Swap:", buffer))
+	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, "Swap:", buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
 		goto err_out;
 
 	if (strncmp(buffer, addr_pattern, strlen(addr_pattern)))
@@ -1066,7 +1016,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
 
 	page_size = getpagesize();
-	hpage_pmd_size = read_num("hpage_pmd_size");
+	hpage_pmd_size = read_pmd_pagesize();
 	hpage_pmd_nr = hpage_pmd_size / page_size;
 
 	default_settings.khugepaged.max_ptes_none = hpage_pmd_nr - 1;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/soft-dirty.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/soft-dirty.c
index e3a43f5d4fa2..21d8830c5f24 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/soft-dirty.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/soft-dirty.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static void test_hugepage(int pagemap_fd, int pagesize)
 	for (i = 0; i < hpage_len; i++)
 		map[i] = (char)i;
 
-	if (check_huge(map)) {
+	if (check_huge_anon(map, 1, hpage_len)) {
 		ksft_test_result_pass("Test %s huge page allocation\n", __func__);
 
 		clear_softdirty();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
index 6aa2b8253aed..76e1c36dd9e5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ void split_pmd_thp(void)
 {
 	char *one_page;
 	size_t len = 4 * pmd_pagesize;
-	uint64_t thp_size;
 	size_t i;
 
 	one_page = memalign(pmd_pagesize, len);
@@ -107,8 +106,7 @@ void split_pmd_thp(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		one_page[i] = (char)i;
 
-	thp_size = check_huge(one_page);
-	if (!thp_size) {
+	if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 1, pmd_pagesize)) {
 		printf("No THP is allocated\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -124,9 +122,8 @@ void split_pmd_thp(void)
 		}
 
 
-	thp_size = check_huge(one_page);
-	if (thp_size) {
-		printf("Still %ld kB AnonHugePages not split\n", thp_size);
+	if (check_huge_anon(one_page, 0, pmd_pagesize)) {
+		printf("Still AnonHugePages not split\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
@@ -172,8 +169,7 @@ void split_pte_mapped_thp(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		one_page[i] = (char)i;
 
-	thp_size = check_huge(one_page);
-	if (!thp_size) {
+	if (!check_huge_anon(one_page, 1, pmd_pagesize)) {
 		printf("No THP is allocated\n");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.c
index 2768d4f3de4c..77244df973e9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.c
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ void clear_softdirty(void)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("writing clear_refs failed\n");
 }
 
-static bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, const char *pattern, char *buf)
+bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	while (fgets(buf, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, fp) != NULL) {
+	while (fgets(buf, len, fp)) {
 		if (!strncmp(buf, pattern, strlen(pattern)))
 			return true;
 	}
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ uint64_t read_pmd_pagesize(void)
 	return strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
 }
 
-uint64_t check_huge(void *addr)
+bool __check_huge(void *addr, char *pattern, int nr_hpages,
+		  uint64_t hpage_size)
 {
-	uint64_t thp = 0;
+	uint64_t thp = -1;
 	int ret;
 	FILE *fp;
 	char buffer[MAX_LINE_LENGTH];
@@ -111,20 +112,27 @@ uint64_t check_huge(void *addr)
 	if (!fp)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("%s: Failed to open file %s\n", __func__, SMAP_FILE_PATH);
 
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, addr_pattern, buffer))
+	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, addr_pattern, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
 		goto err_out;
 
 	/*
-	 * Fetch the AnonHugePages: in the same block and check the number of
+	 * Fetch the pattern in the same block and check the number of
 	 * hugepages.
 	 */
-	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, "AnonHugePages:", buffer))
+	if (!check_for_pattern(fp, pattern, buffer, sizeof(buffer)))
 		goto err_out;
 
-	if (sscanf(buffer, "AnonHugePages:%10ld kB", &thp) != 1)
+	snprintf(addr_pattern, MAX_LINE_LENGTH, "%s%%9ld kB", pattern);
+
+	if (sscanf(buffer, addr_pattern, &thp) != 1)
 		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Reading smap error\n");
 
 err_out:
 	fclose(fp);
-	return thp;
+	return thp == (nr_hpages * (hpage_size >> 10));
+}
+
+bool check_huge_anon(void *addr, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size)
+{
+	return __check_huge(addr, "AnonHugePages: ", nr_hpages, hpage_size);
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.h
index 307e11f72341..65c8c561bebd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/vm_util.h
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ bool pagemap_is_softdirty(int fd, char *start);
 bool pagemap_is_swapped(int fd, char *start);
 bool pagemap_range_some_swapped(int fd, char *start, size_t len);
 void clear_softdirty(void);
+bool check_for_pattern(FILE *fp, const char *pattern, char *buf, size_t len);
 uint64_t read_pmd_pagesize(void);
-uint64_t check_huge(void *addr);
+bool check_huge_anon(void *addr, int nr_hpages, uint64_t hpage_size);
