diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/DENYLIST.aarch64 b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/DENYLIST.aarch64
index 3c7c3e79aa9317947f371c91f4ae94ac2441245f..901349da680fa67896d279d184db78e964d9ae27 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/DENYLIST.aarch64
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/DENYLIST.aarch64
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 bpf_cookie/multi_kprobe_attach_api               # kprobe_multi_link_api_subtest:FAIL:fentry_raw_skel_load unexpected error: -3
 bpf_cookie/multi_kprobe_link_api                 # kprobe_multi_link_api_subtest:FAIL:fentry_raw_skel_load unexpected error: -3
-fexit_sleep                                      # The test never returns. The remaining tests cannot start.
 kprobe_multi_bench_attach                        # needs CONFIG_FPROBE
 kprobe_multi_test                                # needs CONFIG_FPROBE
 module_attach                                    # prog 'kprobe_multi': failed to auto-attach: -95
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fexit_sleep.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fexit_sleep.c
index f949647dbbc21c4b36b9d9260fd4224e92028a29..552a0875ca6dbf1f4de250b05eef5271c0dac0c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fexit_sleep.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/fexit_sleep.c
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ static int do_sleep(void *skel)
 }
 
 #define STACK_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
-static char child_stack[STACK_SIZE];
 
 void test_fexit_sleep(void)
 {
 	struct fexit_sleep_lskel *fexit_skel = NULL;
 	int wstatus, duration = 0;
 	pid_t cpid;
+	char *child_stack = NULL;
 	int err, fexit_cnt;
 
 	fexit_skel = fexit_sleep_lskel__open_and_load();
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ void test_fexit_sleep(void)
 	if (CHECK(err, "fexit_attach", "fexit attach failed: %d\n", err))
 		goto cleanup;
 
+	child_stack = mmap(NULL, STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE |
+			   MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, -1, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_NEQ(child_stack, MAP_FAILED, "mmap"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
 	cpid = clone(do_sleep, child_stack + STACK_SIZE, CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD, fexit_skel);
 	if (CHECK(cpid == -1, "clone", "%s\n", strerror(errno)))
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -78,5 +83,6 @@ void test_fexit_sleep(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 cleanup:
+	munmap(child_stack, STACK_SIZE);
 	fexit_sleep_lskel__destroy(fexit_skel);
 }