diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index 814b17a43385..1f0743d9459d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ TEST_FILES += write_hugetlb_memory.sh
 
 include ../lib.mk
 
-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c thp_settings.c
-$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c thp_settings.c
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): vm_util.c thp_settings.c pkey_util.c
+$(TEST_GEN_FILES): vm_util.c thp_settings.c pkey_util.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)/uffd-stress: uffd-common.c
 $(OUTPUT)/uffd-unit-tests: uffd-common.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-helpers.h
index 6f0ab7b42738..f080e97b39be 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-helpers.h
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ extern void abort_hooks(void);
 
 int sys_pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long init_val);
 int sys_pkey_free(unsigned long pkey);
+int sys_mprotect_pkey(void *ptr, size_t size, unsigned long orig_prot,
+		unsigned long pkey);
 
 /* For functions called from protection_keys.c only */
 noinline int read_ptr(int *ptr);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
index e1aaeb65cfae..c73cee192b88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_sighandler_tests.c
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@ static void test_sigsegv_handler_with_different_pkey_for_stack(void)
 	__write_pkey_reg(pkey_reg);
 
 	/* Protect the new stack with MPK 1 */
-	pkey = pkey_alloc(0, 0);
-	pkey_mprotect(stack, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, pkey);
+	pkey = sys_pkey_alloc(0, 0);
+	sys_mprotect_pkey(stack, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, pkey);
 
 	/* Set up alternate signal stack that will use the default MPK */
 	sigstack.ss_sp = mmap(0, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
@@ -484,8 +484,8 @@ static void test_pkru_sigreturn(void)
 	__write_pkey_reg(pkey_reg);
 
 	/* Protect the stack with MPK 2 */
-	pkey = pkey_alloc(0, 0);
-	pkey_mprotect(stack, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, pkey);
+	pkey = sys_pkey_alloc(0, 0);
+	sys_mprotect_pkey(stack, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, pkey);
 
 	/* Set up alternate signal stack that will use the default MPK */
 	sigstack.ss_sp = mmap(0, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_util.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca4ad0d44ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey_util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "pkey-helpers.h"
+
+int sys_pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long init_val)
+{
+	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_alloc, flags, init_val);
+	dprintf1("%s(flags=%lx, init_val=%lx) syscall ret: %d errno: %d\n",
+			__func__, flags, init_val, ret, errno);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int sys_pkey_free(unsigned long pkey)
+{
+	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey);
+	dprintf1("%s(pkey=%ld) syscall ret: %d\n", __func__, pkey, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int sys_mprotect_pkey(void *ptr, size_t size, unsigned long orig_prot,
+		unsigned long pkey)
+{
+	int sret;
+
+	dprintf2("%s(0x%p, %zx, prot=%lx, pkey=%lx)\n", __func__,
+			ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	sret = syscall(__NR_pkey_mprotect, ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey);
+	if (errno) {
+		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key sret: %d\n", sret);
+		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key prot: 0x%lx\n", orig_prot);
+		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key failed, errno: %d\n", errno);
+		if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= 2)
+			perror("SYS_mprotect_pkey");
+	}
+	return sret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
index f43cf3b75d8e..3688571e6b39 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/protection_keys.c
@@ -460,34 +460,6 @@ static pid_t fork_lazy_child(void)
 	return forkret;
 }
 
-int sys_mprotect_pkey(void *ptr, size_t size, unsigned long orig_prot,
-		unsigned long pkey)
-{
-	int sret;
-
-	dprintf2("%s(0x%p, %zx, prot=%lx, pkey=%lx)\n", __func__,
-			ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey);
-
-	errno = 0;
-	sret = syscall(__NR_pkey_mprotect, ptr, size, orig_prot, pkey);
-	if (errno) {
-		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key sret: %d\n", sret);
-		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key prot: 0x%lx\n", orig_prot);
-		dprintf2("SYS_mprotect_key failed, errno: %d\n", errno);
-		if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= 2)
-			perror("SYS_mprotect_pkey");
-	}
-	return sret;
-}
-
-int sys_pkey_alloc(unsigned long flags, unsigned long init_val)
-{
-	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_alloc, flags, init_val);
-	dprintf1("%s(flags=%lx, init_val=%lx) syscall ret: %d errno: %d\n",
-			__func__, flags, init_val, ret, errno);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static int alloc_pkey(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -534,13 +506,6 @@ static int alloc_pkey(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int sys_pkey_free(unsigned long pkey)
-{
-	int ret = syscall(SYS_pkey_free, pkey);
-	dprintf1("%s(pkey=%ld) syscall ret: %d\n", __func__, pkey, ret);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * I had a bug where pkey bits could be set by mprotect() but
  * not cleared.  This ensures we get lots of random bit sets
