diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 5ff3a4f9173e..7a8c6937cc67 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -451,6 +451,43 @@ static int copy_page(int ufd, unsigned long offset)
 	return __copy_page(ufd, offset, false);
 }
 
+static int uffd_read_msg(int ufd, struct uffd_msg *msg)
+{
+	int ret = read(uffd, msg, sizeof(*msg));
+
+	if (ret != sizeof(*msg)) {
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN)
+				return 1;
+			else
+				perror("blocking read error"), exit(1);
+		} else {
+			fprintf(stderr, "short read\n"), exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Return 1 if page fault handled by us; otherwise 0 */
+static int uffd_handle_page_fault(struct uffd_msg *msg)
+{
+	unsigned long offset;
+
+	if (msg->event != UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT)
+		fprintf(stderr, "unexpected msg event %u\n",
+			msg->event), exit(1);
+
+	if (bounces & BOUNCE_VERIFY &&
+	    msg->arg.pagefault.flags & UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
+		fprintf(stderr, "unexpected write fault\n"), exit(1);
+
+	offset = (char *)(unsigned long)msg->arg.pagefault.address - area_dst;
+	offset &= ~(page_size-1);
+
+	return copy_page(uffd, offset);
+}
+
 static void *uffd_poll_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned long cpu = (unsigned long) arg;
@@ -458,7 +495,6 @@ static void *uffd_poll_thread(void *arg)
 	struct uffd_msg msg;
 	struct uffdio_register uffd_reg;
 	int ret;
-	unsigned long offset;
 	char tmp_chr;
 	unsigned long userfaults = 0;
 
@@ -482,25 +518,15 @@ static void *uffd_poll_thread(void *arg)
 		if (!(pollfd[0].revents & POLLIN))
 			fprintf(stderr, "pollfd[0].revents %d\n",
 				pollfd[0].revents), exit(1);
-		ret = read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (errno == EAGAIN)
-				continue;
-			perror("nonblocking read error"), exit(1);
-		}
+		if (uffd_read_msg(uffd, &msg))
+			continue;
 		switch (msg.event) {
 		default:
 			fprintf(stderr, "unexpected msg event %u\n",
 				msg.event), exit(1);
 			break;
 		case UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT:
-			if (msg.arg.pagefault.flags & UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-				fprintf(stderr, "unexpected write fault\n"), exit(1);
-			offset = (char *)(unsigned long)msg.arg.pagefault.address -
-				area_dst;
-			offset &= ~(page_size-1);
-			if (copy_page(uffd, offset))
-				userfaults++;
+			userfaults += uffd_handle_page_fault(&msg);
 			break;
 		case UFFD_EVENT_FORK:
 			close(uffd);
@@ -528,8 +554,6 @@ static void *uffd_read_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned long *this_cpu_userfaults;
 	struct uffd_msg msg;
-	unsigned long offset;
-	int ret;
 
 	this_cpu_userfaults = (unsigned long *) arg;
 	*this_cpu_userfaults = 0;
@@ -538,24 +562,9 @@ static void *uffd_read_thread(void *arg)
 	/* from here cancellation is ok */
 
 	for (;;) {
-		ret = read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
-		if (ret != sizeof(msg)) {
-			if (ret < 0)
-				perror("blocking read error"), exit(1);
-			else
-				fprintf(stderr, "short read\n"), exit(1);
-		}
-		if (msg.event != UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT)
-			fprintf(stderr, "unexpected msg event %u\n",
-				msg.event), exit(1);
-		if (bounces & BOUNCE_VERIFY &&
-		    msg.arg.pagefault.flags & UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
-			fprintf(stderr, "unexpected write fault\n"), exit(1);
-		offset = (char *)(unsigned long)msg.arg.pagefault.address -
-			 area_dst;
-		offset &= ~(page_size-1);
-		if (copy_page(uffd, offset))
-			(*this_cpu_userfaults)++;
+		if (uffd_read_msg(uffd, &msg))
+			continue;
+		(*this_cpu_userfaults) += uffd_handle_page_fault(&msg);
 	}
 	return (void *)NULL;
 }