diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 3fc1d2ee2948..29cc6f247a9e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static void continue_range(int ufd, __u64 start, __u64 len)
 static void *locking_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned long cpu = (unsigned long) arg;
-	unsigned long page_nr = *(&(page_nr)); /* uninitialized warning */
+	unsigned long page_nr;
 	unsigned long long count;
 
 	if (!(bounces & BOUNCE_RANDOM)) {