diff --git a/mm/gup_test.c b/mm/gup_test.c
index e3cf78e5873e..a6ed1c877679 100644
--- a/mm/gup_test.c
+++ b/mm/gup_test.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __gup_test_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 {
 	ktime_t start_time, end_time;
 	unsigned long i, nr_pages, addr, next;
-	int nr;
+	long nr;
 	struct page **pages;
 	int ret = 0;
 	bool needs_mmap_lock =
@@ -126,37 +126,34 @@ static int __gup_test_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 			nr = (next - addr) / PAGE_SIZE;
 		}
 
-		/* Filter out most gup flags: only allow a tiny subset here: */
-		gup->flags &= FOLL_WRITE;
-
 		switch (cmd) {
 		case GUP_FAST_BENCHMARK:
-			nr = get_user_pages_fast(addr, nr, gup->flags,
+			nr = get_user_pages_fast(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags,
 						 pages + i);
 			break;
 		case GUP_BASIC_TEST:
-			nr = get_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->flags, pages + i,
+			nr = get_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags, pages + i,
 					    NULL);
 			break;
 		case PIN_FAST_BENCHMARK:
-			nr = pin_user_pages_fast(addr, nr, gup->flags,
+			nr = pin_user_pages_fast(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags,
 						 pages + i);
 			break;
 		case PIN_BASIC_TEST:
-			nr = pin_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->flags, pages + i,
+			nr = pin_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags, pages + i,
 					    NULL);
 			break;
 		case PIN_LONGTERM_BENCHMARK:
 			nr = pin_user_pages(addr, nr,
-					    gup->flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
+					    gup->gup_flags | FOLL_LONGTERM,
 					    pages + i, NULL);
 			break;
 		case DUMP_USER_PAGES_TEST:
-			if (gup->flags & GUP_TEST_FLAG_DUMP_PAGES_USE_PIN)
-				nr = pin_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->flags,
+			if (gup->test_flags & GUP_TEST_FLAG_DUMP_PAGES_USE_PIN)
+				nr = pin_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags,
 						    pages + i, NULL);
 			else
-				nr = get_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->flags,
+				nr = get_user_pages(addr, nr, gup->gup_flags,
 						    pages + i, NULL);
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -187,7 +184,7 @@ static int __gup_test_ioctl(unsigned int cmd,
 
 	start_time = ktime_get();
 
-	put_back_pages(cmd, pages, nr_pages, gup->flags);
+	put_back_pages(cmd, pages, nr_pages, gup->test_flags);
 
 	end_time = ktime_get();
 	gup->put_delta_usec = ktime_us_delta(end_time, start_time);
diff --git a/mm/gup_test.h b/mm/gup_test.h
index 90a6713d50eb..887ac1d5f5bc 100644
--- a/mm/gup_test.h
+++ b/mm/gup_test.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ struct gup_test {
 	__u64 addr;
 	__u64 size;
 	__u32 nr_pages_per_call;
-	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 gup_flags;
+	__u32 test_flags;
 	/*
 	 * Each non-zero entry is the number of the page (1-based: first page is
 	 * page 1, so that zero entries mean "do nothing") from the .addr base.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_test.c
index 6c6336dd3b7f..943cc2608dc2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/gup_test.c
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct gup_test gup = { 0 };
 	unsigned long size = 128 * MB;
-	int i, fd, filed, opt, nr_pages = 1, thp = -1, repeats = 1, write = 0;
+	int i, fd, filed, opt, nr_pages = 1, thp = -1, repeats = 1, write = 1;
 	unsigned long cmd = GUP_FAST_BENCHMARK;
 	int flags = MAP_PRIVATE;
 	char *file = "/dev/zero";
 	char *p;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:r:n:F:f:abctTLUuwSH")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "m:r:n:F:f:abctTLUuwWSHp")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'a':
 			cmd = PIN_FAST_BENCHMARK;
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			 */
 			gup.which_pages[0] = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'p':
+			/* works only with DUMP_USER_PAGES_TEST */
+			gup.test_flags |= GUP_TEST_FLAG_DUMP_PAGES_USE_PIN;
+			break;
 		case 'F':
 			/* strtol, so you can pass flags in hex form */
-			gup.flags = strtol(optarg, 0, 0);
+			gup.gup_flags = strtol(optarg, 0, 0);
 			break;
 		case 'm':
 			size = atoi(optarg) * MB;
@@ -93,6 +97,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'w':
 			write = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'W':
+			write = 0;
+			break;
 		case 'f':
 			file = optarg;
 			break;
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	gup.nr_pages_per_call = nr_pages;
 	if (write)
-		gup.flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
+		gup.gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
 
 	fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/gup_test", O_RDWR);
 	if (fd == -1) {