diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
index efcbf537b3d5..8f4dbbd60c09 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/mremap_test.c
@@ -66,6 +66,30 @@ enum {
 	.expect_failure = should_fail				\
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns false if the requested remap region overlaps with an
+ * existing mapping (e.g text, stack) else returns true.
+ */
+static bool is_remap_region_valid(void *addr, unsigned long long size)
+{
+	void *remap_addr = NULL;
+	bool ret = true;
+
+	/* Use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE flag to ensure region is not mapped */
+	remap_addr = mmap(addr, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+					 MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_SHARED,
+					 -1, 0);
+
+	if (remap_addr == MAP_FAILED) {
+		if (errno == EEXIST)
+			ret = false;
+	} else {
+		munmap(remap_addr, size);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* Returns mmap_min_addr sysctl tunable from procfs */
 static unsigned long long get_mmap_min_addr(void)
 {