diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
index 0b9eafb7ab7b..aa5d3ebbd760 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/memfd_test.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #define MFD_DEF_SIZE 8192
-#define STACK_SIZE 65535
+#define STACK_SIZE 65536
 
 static int sys_memfd_create(const char *name,
 			    unsigned int flags)