diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
index a60b9f9f16e7..687d115e3bd8 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ CATEGORY="compaction" run_test ./compaction_test
 
 if command -v sudo &> /dev/null && sudo -u nobody ls ./on-fault-limit >/dev/null;
 then
-	CATEGORY="mlock" run_test sudo -u nobody ./on-fault-limit
+	CATEGORY="mlock" run_test sudo -u nobody sh -c ./on-fault-limit
 else
 	echo "# SKIP ./on-fault-limit"
 fi