diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
index f78816130c7f..e363bdaff59d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ static void wp_range(int ufd, __u64 start, __u64 len, bool wp)
 static void continue_range(int ufd, __u64 start, __u64 len)
 {
 	struct uffdio_continue req;
+	int ret;
 
 	req.range.start = start;
 	req.range.len = len;
@@ -482,6 +483,17 @@ static void continue_range(int ufd, __u64 start, __u64 len)
 	if (ioctl(ufd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &req))
 		err("UFFDIO_CONTINUE failed for address 0x%" PRIx64,
 		    (uint64_t)start);
+
+	/*
+	 * Error handling within the kernel for continue is subtly different
+	 * from copy or zeropage, so it may be a source of bugs. Trigger an
+	 * error (-EEXIST) on purpose, to verify doing so doesn't cause a BUG.
+	 */
+	req.mapped = 0;
+	ret = ioctl(ufd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &req);
+	if (ret >= 0 || req.mapped != -EEXIST)
+		err("failed to exercise UFFDIO_CONTINUE error handling, ret=%d, mapped=%" PRId64,
+		    ret, (int64_t) req.mapped);
 }
 
 static void *locking_thread(void *arg)
@@ -1182,7 +1194,7 @@ static int userfaultfd_minor_test(void)
 	void *expected_page;
 	char c;
 	struct uffd_stats stats = { 0 };
-	uint64_t features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+	uint64_t req_features, features_out;
 
 	if (!test_uffdio_minor)
 		return 0;
@@ -1190,9 +1202,17 @@ static int userfaultfd_minor_test(void)
 	printf("testing minor faults: ");
 	fflush(stdout);
 
-	uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features);
-	/* If kernel reports the feature isn't supported, skip the test. */
-	if (!(features & UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS)) {
+	if (test_type == TEST_HUGETLB)
+		req_features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS;
+	else if (test_type == TEST_SHMEM)
+		req_features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM;
+	else
+		return 1;
+
+	features_out = req_features;
+	uffd_test_ctx_init_ext(&features_out);
+	/* If kernel reports required features aren't supported, skip test. */
+	if ((features_out & req_features) != req_features) {
 		printf("skipping test due to lack of feature support\n");
 		fflush(stdout);
 		return 0;
@@ -1575,6 +1595,7 @@ static void set_test_type(const char *type)
 		map_shared = true;
 		test_type = TEST_SHMEM;
 		uffd_test_ops = &shmem_uffd_test_ops;
+		test_uffdio_minor = true;
 	} else {
 		err("Unknown test type: %s", type);
 	}