diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 55699a762c454..9d7178a71c2c0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include "kselftest.h"
 
@@ -80,6 +82,17 @@
 #  define TH_LOG_ENABLED 1
 #endif
 
+/* Wait for the child process to end but without sharing memory mapping. */
+static inline pid_t clone3_vfork(void)
+{
+	struct clone_args args = {
+		.flags = CLONE_VFORK,
+		.exit_signal = SIGCHLD,
+	};
+
+	return syscall(__NR_clone3, &args, sizeof(args));
+}
+
 /**
  * TH_LOG()
  *
@@ -1183,7 +1196,7 @@ void __run_test(struct __fixture_metadata *f,
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fflush(stderr);
 
-	t->pid = fork();
+	t->pid = clone3_vfork();
 	if (t->pid < 0) {
 		ksft_print_msg("ERROR SPAWNING TEST CHILD\n");
 		t->exit_code = KSFT_FAIL;