diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index 41cc3ed66818bffa72d3bfffcbdecb44123c6ffc..ee179e22308c59bd9c206f8920bb5806f25c73fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ noarg:
 	$(MAKE) -C ../
 
 TEST_PROGS := hugetlb_vs_thp_test subpage_prot
+TEST_FILES := tempfile
 
-all: $(TEST_PROGS) tempfile
+all: $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_FILES)
 
 $(TEST_PROGS): ../harness.c