diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst
index a41a2d238af2..1c935f41cd3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Testing with kmemleak-test
 
 To check if you have all set up to use kmemleak, you can use the kmemleak-test
 module, a module that deliberately leaks memory. Set CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST
-as module (it can't be used as bult-in) and boot the kernel with kmemleak
+as module (it can't be used as built-in) and boot the kernel with kmemleak
 enabled. Load the module and perform a scan with::
 
         # modprobe kmemleak-test
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 71291bb26a07..42f1230d1add 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -9727,8 +9727,8 @@ M:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst
 F:	include/linux/kmemleak.h
-F:	mm/kmemleak-test.c
 F:	mm/kmemleak.c
+F:	samples/kmemleak/kmemleak-test.c
 
 KMOD KERNEL MODULE LOADER - USERMODE HELPER
 M:	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index d5649f1c12c0..d73aed0fc99c 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GUP_BENCHMARK) += gup_benchmark.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE) += memory-failure.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HWPOISON_INJECT) += hwpoison-inject.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK) += kmemleak.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST) += kmemleak-test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST) += rodata_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE) += debug_vm_pgtable.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER) += page_owner.o
diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
index 754553597581..c3392a595e4b 100644
--- a/samples/Makefile
+++ b/samples/Makefile
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_VFS)		+= vfs
 obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_INTEL_MEI)		+= mei/
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_WATCHDOG)	+= watchdog
 subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_WATCH_QUEUE)	+= watch_queue
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST)	+= kmemleak/
diff --git a/samples/kmemleak/Makefile b/samples/kmemleak/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16b6132c540c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/kmemleak/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK_TEST) += kmemleak-test.o
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak-test.c b/samples/kmemleak/kmemleak-test.c
similarity index 98%
rename from mm/kmemleak-test.c
rename to samples/kmemleak/kmemleak-test.c
index e19279ff6aa3..7b476eb8285f 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak-test.c
+++ b/samples/kmemleak/kmemleak-test.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * mm/kmemleak-test.c
+ * samples/kmemleak/kmemleak-test.c
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008 ARM Limited
  * Written by Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>