diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
index 58775dab3cc6c5c99c92dffdd84deb5f3a8d8cd3..db0270127aeb041ab4e53f5f4dcdf7c372a22422 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static void run_mremap_test_case(struct test test_case, int *failures,
 
 	if (remap_time < 0) {
 		if (test_case.expect_failure)
-			ksft_test_result_pass("%s\n\tExpected mremap failure\n",
+			ksft_test_result_xfail("%s\n\tExpected mremap failure\n",
 					      test_case.name);
 		else {
 			ksft_test_result_fail("%s\n", test_case.name);