diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_close_while_nested_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_close_while_nested_test.c
index edac8839e717f533c4d6d12492a5ed1af671cf85..da0363076fba0d582307cea65063836a1c38dfff 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_close_while_nested_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_close_while_nested_test.c
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@
 
 #include "kselftest.h"
 
-#define VCPU_ID		5
-
 enum {
 	PORT_L0_EXIT = 0x2000,
 };
 
-/* The virtual machine object. */
-static struct kvm_vm *vm;
-
 static void l2_guest_code(void)
 {
 	/* Exit to L0 */
@@ -53,20 +48,22 @@ static void l1_guest_code(struct vmx_pages *vmx_pages)
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	vm_vaddr_t vmx_pages_gva;
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+	struct kvm_vm *vm;
 
 	nested_vmx_check_supported();
 
-	vm = vm_create_default(VCPU_ID, 0, (void *) l1_guest_code);
+	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, l1_guest_code);
 
 	/* Allocate VMX pages and shared descriptors (vmx_pages). */
 	vcpu_alloc_vmx(vm, &vmx_pages_gva);
-	vcpu_args_set(vm, VCPU_ID, 1, vmx_pages_gva);
+	vcpu_args_set(vm, vcpu->id, 1, vmx_pages_gva);
 
 	for (;;) {
-		volatile struct kvm_run *run = vcpu_state(vm, VCPU_ID);
+		volatile struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
 		struct ucall uc;
 
-		vcpu_run(vm, VCPU_ID);
+		vcpu_run(vm, vcpu->id);
 		TEST_ASSERT(run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_IO,
 			    "Got exit_reason other than KVM_EXIT_IO: %u (%s)\n",
 			    run->exit_reason,
@@ -75,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if (run->io.port == PORT_L0_EXIT)
 			break;
 
-		switch (get_ucall(vm, VCPU_ID, &uc)) {
+		switch (get_ucall(vm, vcpu->id, &uc)) {
 		case UCALL_ABORT:
 			TEST_FAIL("%s", (const char *)uc.args[0]);
 			/* NOT REACHED */