diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 00b430e7f2a2..9c1f19fe2e37 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int test_memcg_high(const char *root)
 	if (cg_write(memcg, "memory.high", "30M"))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (cg_run(memcg, alloc_anon, (void *)MB(100)))
+	if (cg_run(memcg, alloc_anon, (void *)MB(31)))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (!cg_run(memcg, alloc_pagecache_50M_check, NULL))