diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index 7d4792799043..cb3f5f2e0f5f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 CFLAGS = -Wall
+BINARIES = hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm map_hugetlb thuge-gen
 
-all: hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm  map_hugetlb thuge-gen
+all: $(BINARIES)
 %: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
@@ -11,4 +12,4 @@ run_tests: all
 	@/bin/sh ./run_vmtests || (echo "vmtests: [FAIL]"; exit 1)
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) hugepage-mmap hugepage-shm  map_hugetlb
+	$(RM) $(BINARIES)