diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index fe140a9f4f9d..22e45207cf6b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ CATEGORY="thp" run_test ./khugepaged -s 2
 
 CATEGORY="thp" run_test ./transhuge-stress -d 20
 
-CATEGORY="thp" run_test ./split_huge_page_test
+CATEGORY="thp" run_test ./split_huge_page_test ${SPLIT_HUGE_PAGE_TEST_XFS_PATH}
 
 CATEGORY="migration" run_test ./migration
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
index cf09fdc9ef22..047883473b84 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/split_huge_page_test.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ uint64_t pmd_pagesize;
 
 #define SPLIT_DEBUGFS "/sys/kernel/debug/split_huge_pages"
 #define SMAP_PATH "/proc/self/smaps"
-#define THP_FS_PATH "/mnt/thp_fs"
 #define INPUT_MAX 80
 
 #define PID_FMT "%d,0x%lx,0x%lx,%d"
@@ -268,7 +267,45 @@ void split_file_backed_thp(void)
 	ksft_exit_fail_msg("Error occurred\n");
 }
 
-void create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size, int *fd, char **addr)
+bool prepare_thp_fs(const char *xfs_dev_loc, char *thp_fs_template,
+		const char **thp_fs_loc)
+{
+	bool mounted = false;
+
+	*thp_fs_loc = mkdtemp(thp_fs_template);
+
+	if (!*thp_fs_loc)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("cannot create temp folder\n");
+
+	if (xfs_dev_loc) {
+		int status = mount(xfs_dev_loc, *thp_fs_loc, "xfs", 0, NULL);
+
+		if (status)
+			ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unable to mount xfs for testing\n");
+		mounted = true;
+	}
+	return mounted;
+}
+
+void cleanup_thp_fs(const char *thp_fs_loc, bool mounted)
+{
+	int status;
+
+	if (mounted) {
+		status = umount(thp_fs_loc);
+		if (status)
+			ksft_exit_fail_msg("Unable to umount %s\n",
+					   thp_fs_loc);
+	}
+
+	status = rmdir(thp_fs_loc);
+	if (status)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("cannot remove tmp dir: %s\n",
+				   strerror(errno));
+}
+
+int create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size, int *fd,
+		char **addr)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	int dummy;
@@ -277,7 +314,7 @@ void create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size, int *fd,
 
 	*fd = open(testfile, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0664);
 	if (*fd == -1)
-		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to create a file at "THP_FS_PATH);
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to create a file at %s\n", testfile);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < fd_size; i++) {
 		unsigned char byte = (unsigned char)i;
@@ -299,7 +336,7 @@ void create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size, int *fd,
 
 	*fd = open(testfile, O_RDWR);
 	if (*fd == -1) {
-		ksft_perror("Failed to open a file at "THP_FS_PATH);
+		ksft_perror("Failed to open testfile\n");
 		goto err_out_unlink;
 	}
 
@@ -314,26 +351,37 @@ void create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(const char *testfile, size_t fd_size, int *fd,
 		dummy += *(*addr + i);
 
 	if (!check_huge_file(*addr, fd_size / pmd_pagesize, pmd_pagesize)) {
-		ksft_print_msg("No large pagecache folio generated, please mount a filesystem supporting large folio at "THP_FS_PATH"\n");
-		goto err_out_close;
+		ksft_print_msg("No large pagecache folio generated, please provide a filesystem supporting large folio\n");
+		unlink(testfile);
+		ksft_test_result_skip("Pagecache folio split skipped\n");
+		return -2;
 	}
-	return;
+	return 0;
 err_out_close:
 	close(*fd);
 err_out_unlink:
 	unlink(testfile);
 	ksft_exit_fail_msg("Failed to create large pagecache folios\n");
+	return -1;
 }
 
-void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(size_t fd_size, int order)
+void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(size_t fd_size, int order, const char *fs_loc)
 {
 	int fd;
 	char *addr;
 	size_t i;
-	const char testfile[] = THP_FS_PATH "/test";
+	char testfile[INPUT_MAX];
 	int err = 0;
 
-	create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(testfile, fd_size, &fd, &addr);
+	err = snprintf(testfile, INPUT_MAX, "%s/test", fs_loc);
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		ksft_exit_fail_msg("cannot generate right test file name\n");
+
+	err = create_pagecache_thp_and_fd(testfile, fd_size, &fd, &addr);
+	if (err)
+		return;
+	err = 0;
 
 	write_debugfs(PID_FMT, getpid(), (uint64_t)addr, (uint64_t)addr + fd_size, order);
 
@@ -351,6 +399,7 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(size_t fd_size, int order)
 	}
 
 out:
+	munmap(addr, fd_size);
 	close(fd);
 	unlink(testfile);
 	if (err)
@@ -360,8 +409,11 @@ void split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(size_t fd_size, int order)
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, mounted;
 	size_t fd_size;
+	char *optional_xfs_dev_loc = NULL;
+	char fs_loc_template[] = "/tmp/thp_fs_XXXXXX";
+	const char *fs_loc;
 
 	ksft_print_header();
 
@@ -370,6 +422,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		ksft_finished();
 	}
 
+	if (argc > 1)
+		optional_xfs_dev_loc = argv[1];
+
 	ksft_set_plan(3+9);
 
 	pagesize = getpagesize();
@@ -384,8 +439,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	split_pte_mapped_thp();
 	split_file_backed_thp();
 
+	mounted = prepare_thp_fs(optional_xfs_dev_loc, fs_loc_template,
+				 &fs_loc);
 	for (i = 8; i >= 0; i--)
-		split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(fd_size, i);
+		split_thp_in_pagecache_to_order(fd_size, i, fs_loc);
+	cleanup_thp_fs(fs_loc, mounted);
 
 	ksft_finished();