diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
index 5d95113c7b7c540842d5df93cfcef16658765e82..fdef6c9063883d52dceb4c5798e3ff951d238e1e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
@@ -332,10 +332,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	int vcpus = params->vcpus;
 
 	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, vcpus, params->vcpu_memory_bytes, 1,
-				 params->backing_src);
-
-	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, vcpus, params->vcpu_memory_bytes,
-			      !overlap_memory_access);
+				 params->backing_src, !overlap_memory_access);
 
 	vcpu_threads = create_vcpu_threads(vcpus);
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
index 3c729a0a1ab1b884f4bc1ae0f8c43d5396fc9812..0fee44f5e5ae23b7e0ca77e379cb7e3bcffd22bd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	int r;
 
 	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size, 1,
-				 p->src_type);
+				 p->src_type, p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 
 	perf_test_args.wr_fract = 1;
 
@@ -307,9 +307,6 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	vcpu_threads = malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*vcpu_threads));
 	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_threads, "Memory allocation failed");
 
-	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size,
-			      p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
-
 	if (p->uffd_mode) {
 		uffd_handler_threads =
 			malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*uffd_handler_threads));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
index 7ffab5bd5ce55a59da6e128e226847cf0c765353..62f9cc2a3146a70671b68cdaf8ae45b2a7dfec0d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	struct timespec clear_dirty_log_total = (struct timespec){0};
 
 	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size,
-				 p->slots, p->backing_src);
+				 p->slots, p->backing_src,
+				 p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 
 	perf_test_args.wr_fract = p->wr_fract;
 
@@ -206,9 +207,6 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	vcpu_threads = malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*vcpu_threads));
 	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_threads, "Memory allocation failed");
 
-	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size,
-			      p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
-
 	sync_global_to_guest(vm, perf_test_args);
 
 	/* Start the iterations */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
index 9348580dc5bebecad08d10fb8c88daafb8a5707c..91804be1cf53f9182396ad7949b3ee05e84ce4e0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ extern struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
 
 struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
 				   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes, int slots,
-				   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src);
+				   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src,
+				   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 void perf_test_destroy_vm(struct kvm_vm *vm);
-void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus,
-			   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes,
-			   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 
 #endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
index b3154b5b0cfdc1cae39bfafd175638a374f12fa4..13c8bc22f4e1ff05258b107419457632b911ea90 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
@@ -48,9 +48,43 @@ static void guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_id)
 	}
 }
 
+void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus,
+			   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes,
+			   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access)
+{
+	struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
+	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args;
+	int vcpu_id;
+
+	for (vcpu_id = 0; vcpu_id < vcpus; vcpu_id++) {
+		vcpu_args = &pta->vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
+
+		vcpu_args->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
+		if (partition_vcpu_memory_access) {
+			vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem +
+					 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
+			vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
+					   pta->guest_page_size;
+			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa + (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
+		} else {
+			vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem;
+			vcpu_args->pages = (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) /
+					   pta->guest_page_size;
+			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa;
+		}
+
+		vcpu_args_set(vm, vcpu_id, 1, vcpu_id);
+
+		pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
+			 vcpu_id, vcpu_args->gpa, vcpu_args->gpa +
+			 (vcpu_args->pages * pta->guest_page_size));
+	}
+}
+
 struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
 				   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes, int slots,
-				   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src)
+				   enum vm_mem_backing_src_type backing_src,
+				   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access)
 {
 	struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
@@ -119,6 +153,8 @@ struct kvm_vm *perf_test_create_vm(enum vm_guest_mode mode, int vcpus,
 	/* Do mapping for the demand paging memory slot */
 	virt_map(vm, guest_test_virt_mem, pta->gpa, guest_num_pages);
 
+	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, vcpus, vcpu_memory_bytes, partition_vcpu_memory_access);
+
 	ucall_init(vm, NULL);
 
 	return vm;
@@ -129,36 +165,3 @@ void perf_test_destroy_vm(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 	ucall_uninit(vm);
 	kvm_vm_free(vm);
 }
-
-void perf_test_setup_vcpus(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpus,
-			   uint64_t vcpu_memory_bytes,
-			   bool partition_vcpu_memory_access)
-{
-	struct perf_test_args *pta = &perf_test_args;
-	struct perf_test_vcpu_args *vcpu_args;
-	int vcpu_id;
-
-	for (vcpu_id = 0; vcpu_id < vcpus; vcpu_id++) {
-		vcpu_args = &pta->vcpu_args[vcpu_id];
-
-		vcpu_args->vcpu_id = vcpu_id;
-		if (partition_vcpu_memory_access) {
-			vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem +
-					 (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
-			vcpu_args->pages = vcpu_memory_bytes /
-					   pta->guest_page_size;
-			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa + (vcpu_id * vcpu_memory_bytes);
-		} else {
-			vcpu_args->gva = guest_test_virt_mem;
-			vcpu_args->pages = (vcpus * vcpu_memory_bytes) /
-					   pta->guest_page_size;
-			vcpu_args->gpa = pta->gpa;
-		}
-
-		vcpu_args_set(vm, vcpu_id, 1, vcpu_id);
-
-		pr_debug("Added VCPU %d with test mem gpa [%lx, %lx)\n",
-			 vcpu_id, vcpu_args->gpa, vcpu_args->gpa +
-			 (vcpu_args->pages * pta->guest_page_size));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
index d105180d5e8c16b31001003d72b100c58cb10752..27af0bb8deb7174d59d61641500fdeea9183a6bc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
@@ -105,16 +105,14 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
 	int vcpu_id;
 
 	vm = perf_test_create_vm(mode, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size, 1,
-				 VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS);
+				 VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
+				 p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
 
 	perf_test_args.wr_fract = 1;
 
 	vcpu_threads = malloc(nr_vcpus * sizeof(*vcpu_threads));
 	TEST_ASSERT(vcpu_threads, "Memory allocation failed");
 
-	perf_test_setup_vcpus(vm, nr_vcpus, guest_percpu_mem_size,
-			      p->partition_vcpu_memory_access);
-
 	/* Export the shared variables to the guest */
 	sync_global_to_guest(vm, perf_test_args);