diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/hardware_disable_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/hardware_disable_test.c
index 81ba8645772ad5ec38665bfe66b1104418c1867c..76f51afa7cccf674d8cb8ee18e316363e6ccfad6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/hardware_disable_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/hardware_disable_test.c
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ static void run_test(uint32_t run)
 	for (i = 0; i < VCPU_NUM; i++)
 		CPU_SET(i, &cpu_set);
 
-	vm = vm_create(DEFAULT_GUEST_PHY_PAGES);
-	kvm_vm_elf_load(vm, program_invocation_name);
-	vm_create_irqchip(vm);
+	vm = vm_create_without_vcpus(VM_MODE_DEFAULT, DEFAULT_GUEST_PHY_PAGES);
 
 	pr_debug("%s: [%d] start vcpus\n", __func__, run);
 	for (i = 0; i < VCPU_NUM; ++i) {