diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index 0172eb6cb6eee..a00253b79040b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LIBKVM += lib/elf.c
 LIBKVM += lib/guest_modes.c
 LIBKVM += lib/io.c
 LIBKVM += lib/kvm_util.c
-LIBKVM += lib/perf_test_util.c
+LIBKVM += lib/memstress.c
 LIBKVM += lib/rbtree.c
 LIBKVM += lib/sparsebit.c
 LIBKVM += lib/test_util.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ LIBKVM_STRING += lib/string_override.c
 
 LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/apic.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/handlers.S
-LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/perf_test_util.c
+LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/memstress.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/processor.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/svm.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 += lib/x86_64/ucall.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
index c0cdf07de1471..534d18cc4a6af 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/access_tracking_perf_test.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "test_util.h"
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "guest_modes.h"
 
 /* Global variable used to synchronize all of the vCPU threads. */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
index 0c98181fa2489..37501e83d1d87 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "test_util.h"
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "guest_modes.h"
 
 #ifdef __NR_userfaultfd
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
index 47cbda3580fd6..d2bac493da5dd 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_perf_test.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "test_util.h"
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "guest_modes.h"
 
 #ifdef __aarch64__
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
similarity index 91%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
rename to tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
index 75ca679059dc2..64a523e061259 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/perf_test_util.h
+ * tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/memstress.h
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2020, Google LLC.
  */
 
-#ifndef SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H
-#define SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H
+#ifndef SELFTEST_KVM_MEMSTRESS_H
+#define SELFTEST_KVM_MEMSTRESS_H
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ void perf_test_guest_code(uint32_t vcpu_id);
 uint64_t perf_test_nested_pages(int nr_vcpus);
 void perf_test_setup_nested(struct kvm_vm *vm, int nr_vcpus, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpus[]);
 
-#endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_PERF_TEST_UTIL_H */
+#endif /* SELFTEST_KVM_MEMSTRESS_H */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
similarity index 99%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
rename to tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
index 3a9a3ea01a973..72f88e5851dd6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/perf_test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/memstress.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "processor.h"
 
 struct perf_test_args perf_test_args;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/perf_test_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/perf_test_util.c
rename to tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
index 0f344a7c89c4b..0bb717ac2cc57 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/perf_test_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/memstress.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * x86_64-specific extensions to perf_test_util.c.
+ * x86_64-specific extensions to memstress.c.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2022, Google, Inc.
  */
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "test_util.h"
 #include "kvm_util.h"
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "processor.h"
 #include "vmx.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
index 4bdfc910ba4d3..0490bd4606e50 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/memslot_modification_stress_test.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
 
-#include "perf_test_util.h"
+#include "memstress.h"
 #include "processor.h"
 #include "test_util.h"
 #include "guest_modes.h"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void add_remove_memslot(struct kvm_vm *vm, useconds_t delay,
 	int i;
 
 	/*
-	 * Add the dummy memslot just below the perf_test_util memslot, which is
+	 * Add the dummy memslot just below the memstress memslot, which is
 	 * at the top of the guest physical address space.
 	 */
 	gpa = perf_test_args.gpa - pages * vm->page_size;