diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index 7fc1eaf4ceaa..6e482e2f198c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_zeropage_test(void)
 	if (uffd_test_ops->release_pages(area_dst))
 		return 1;
 
-	if (userfaultfd_open(0) < 0)
+	if (userfaultfd_open(0))
 		return 1;
 	uffdio_register.range.start = (unsigned long) area_dst;
 	uffdio_register.range.len = nr_pages * page_size;
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_events_test(void)
 
 	features = UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK | UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMAP |
 		UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_REMOVE;
-	if (userfaultfd_open(features) < 0)
+	if (userfaultfd_open(features))
 		return 1;
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_sig_test(void)
 		return 1;
 
 	features = UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK|UFFD_FEATURE_SIGBUS;
-	if (userfaultfd_open(features) < 0)
+	if (userfaultfd_open(features))
 		return 1;
 	fcntl(uffd, F_SETFL, uffd_flags | O_NONBLOCK);
 
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_stress(void)
 	if (!area_dst)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (userfaultfd_open(0) < 0)
+	if (userfaultfd_open(0))
 		return 1;
 
 	count_verify = malloc(nr_pages * sizeof(unsigned long long));