diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
index 10edae425ab3..71e18e9a3c13 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/demand_paging_test.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static void help(char *name)
 {
 	puts("");
 	printf("usage: %s [-h] [-m vm_mode] [-u uffd_mode] [-d uffd_delay_usec]\n"
-	       "          [-b memory] [-t type] [-v vcpus] [-o]\n", name);
+	       "          [-b memory] [-s type] [-v vcpus] [-o]\n", name);
 	guest_modes_help();
 	printf(" -u: use userfaultfd to handle vCPU page faults. Mode is a\n"
 	       "     UFFD registration mode: 'MISSING' or 'MINOR'.\n");
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static void help(char *name)
 	printf(" -b: specify the size of the memory region which should be\n"
 	       "     demand paged by each vCPU. e.g. 10M or 3G.\n"
 	       "     Default: 1G\n");
-	printf(" -t: The type of backing memory to use. Default: anonymous\n");
+	printf(" -s: The type of backing memory to use. Default: anonymous\n");
 	backing_src_help();
 	printf(" -v: specify the number of vCPUs to run.\n");
 	printf(" -o: Overlap guest memory accesses instead of partitioning\n"
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	guest_modes_append_default();
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:u:d:b:t:v:o")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "hm:u:d:b:s:v:o")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'm':
 			guest_modes_cmdline(optarg);
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'b':
 			guest_percpu_mem_size = parse_size(optarg);
 			break;
-		case 't':
+		case 's':
 			p.src_type = parse_backing_src_type(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 'v':
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (p.uffd_mode == UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR &&
 	    !backing_src_is_shared(p.src_type)) {
-		TEST_FAIL("userfaultfd MINOR mode requires shared memory; pick a different -t");
+		TEST_FAIL("userfaultfd MINOR mode requires shared memory; pick a different -s");
 	}
 
 	for_each_guest_mode(run_test, &p);