diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-madvise.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-madvise.c
index f32d99565c5e..e74107185324 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-madvise.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/hugetlb-madvise.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include "vm_util.h"
+#include "../kselftest.h"
 
 #define MIN_FREE_PAGES	20
 #define NR_HUGE_PAGES	10	/* common number of pages to map/allocate */
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	free_hugepages = get_free_hugepages();
 	if (free_hugepages < MIN_FREE_PAGES) {
 		printf("Not enough free huge pages to test, exiting!\n");
-		exit(1);
+		exit(KSFT_SKIP);
 	}
 
 	fd = memfd_create(argv[0], MFD_HUGETLB);