diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
index 0a15f9e23431..187b14cad00c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/uapi/
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../usr/include/
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := memfd_test fuse_test fuse_mnt
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := memfd_test
 TEST_PROGS := run_fuse_test.sh run_hugetlbfs_test.sh
+TEST_GEN_FILES := fuse_test fuse_mnt
 
 fuse_mnt.o: CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config fuse --cflags)