diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
index c9a5461eb78686becd33541c199a0ddd8a12606e..0624d1bd71b5352a2584c8f4f1a4860cdd498e52 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ static void *get_source_mapping(struct config c)
 retry:
 	addr += c.src_alignment;
 	src_addr = mmap((void *) addr, c.region_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
-			MAP_FIXED | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED, -1, 0);
+			MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED,
+			-1, 0);
 	if (src_addr == MAP_FAILED) {
-		if (errno == EPERM)
+		if (errno == EPERM || errno == EEXIST)
 			goto retry;
 		goto error;
 	}