diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/Makefile
index 41ebfe558a0a..55a2e5399e8a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
+LDLIBS += -lcap
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := mount-notify_test
 
 include ../../lib.mk
+
+$(OUTPUT)/mount-notify_test: ../utils.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/mount-notify_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/mount-notify_test.c
index 4f0f325379b5..63ce708d93ed 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/mount-notify_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/mount-notify/mount-notify_test.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "../../kselftest_harness.h"
 #include "../statmount/statmount.h"
+#include "../utils.h"
 
 // Needed for linux/fanotify.h
 #ifndef __kernel_fsid_t
@@ -23,16 +24,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #include <sys/fanotify.h>
 
-static uint64_t get_mnt_id(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
-			   const char *path)
-{
-	struct statx sx;
-
-	ASSERT_EQ(statx(AT_FDCWD, path, 0, STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE, &sx), 0);
-	ASSERT_TRUE(!!(sx.stx_mask & STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE));
-	return sx.stx_mnt_id;
-}
-
 static const char root_mntpoint_templ[] = "/tmp/mount-notify_test_root.XXXXXX";
 
 static const int mark_cmds[] = {
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ FIXTURE_SETUP(fanotify)
 
 	ASSERT_EQ(mkdir("b", 0700), 0);
 
-	self->root_id = get_mnt_id(_metadata, "/");
+	self->root_id = get_unique_mnt_id("/");
 	ASSERT_NE(self->root_id, 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NUM_FAN_FDS; i++) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/Makefile
index 19adebfc2620..8e354fe99b44 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g $(KHDR_INCLUDES) $(TOOLS_INCLUDES)
+LDLIBS += -lcap
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS := statmount_test statmount_test_ns listmount_test
 
 include ../../lib.mk
+
+$(OUTPUT)/statmount_test_ns: ../utils.c
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/statmount_test_ns.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/statmount_test_ns.c
index 70cb0c8b21cf..375a52101d08 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/statmount_test_ns.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/statmount/statmount_test_ns.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 
 #include "statmount.h"
+#include "../utils.h"
 #include "../../kselftest.h"
 
 #define NSID_PASS 0
@@ -78,27 +79,6 @@ static int get_mnt_ns_id(const char *mnt_ns, uint64_t *mnt_ns_id)
 	return NSID_PASS;
 }
 
-static int get_mnt_id(const char *path, uint64_t *mnt_id)
-{
-	struct statx sx;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = statx(AT_FDCWD, path, 0, STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE, &sx);
-	if (ret == -1) {
-		ksft_print_msg("retrieving unique mount ID for %s: %s\n", path,
-			       strerror(errno));
-		return NSID_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	if (!(sx.stx_mask & STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE)) {
-		ksft_print_msg("no unique mount ID available for %s\n", path);
-		return NSID_ERROR;
-	}
-
-	*mnt_id = sx.stx_mnt_id;
-	return NSID_PASS;
-}
-
 static int write_file(const char *path, const char *val)
 {
 	int fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
@@ -174,9 +154,9 @@ static int _test_statmount_mnt_ns_id(void)
 	if (ret != NSID_PASS)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = get_mnt_id("/", &root_id);
-	if (ret != NSID_PASS)
-		return ret;
+	root_id = get_unique_mnt_id("/");
+	if (!root_id)
+		return NSID_ERROR;
 
 	ret = statmount(root_id, 0, STATMOUNT_MNT_NS_ID, &sm, sizeof(sm), 0);
 	if (ret == -1) {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.c b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.c
index e553c89c5b19..5a114af822af 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/xattr.h>
 
+#include "../kselftest.h"
+#include "wrappers.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 
 #define MAX_USERNS_LEVEL 32
@@ -499,3 +501,23 @@ int cap_down(cap_value_t down)
 	cap_free(caps);
 	return fret;
 }
+
+uint64_t get_unique_mnt_id(const char *path)
+{
+	struct statx sx;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = statx(AT_FDCWD, path, 0, STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE, &sx);
+	if (ret == -1) {
+		ksft_print_msg("retrieving unique mount ID for %s: %s\n", path,
+			 strerror(errno));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!(sx.stx_mask & STATX_MNT_ID_UNIQUE)) {
+		ksft_print_msg("no unique mount ID available for %s\n", path);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return sx.stx_mnt_id;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.h b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.h
index 7f1df2a3e94c..d9cf145b321a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/filesystems/utils.h
@@ -42,4 +42,6 @@ static inline bool switch_userns(int fd, uid_t uid, gid_t gid, bool drop_caps)
 	return true;
 }
 
+extern uint64_t get_unique_mnt_id(const char *path);
+
 #endif /* __IDMAP_UTILS_H */