diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
index de32f7dafa5d3439ae2caf39814e643b96aa7660..63ed778ca8dcb07f4aa23c1dbfbd5d257ab761b4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ warn_32bit_failure:
 endif
 endif
 
-# cow_EXTRA_LIBS may get set in local_config.mk, or it may be left empty.
-$(OUTPUT)/cow: LDLIBS += $(COW_EXTRA_LIBS)
+# IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS may get set in local_config.mk, or it may be left empty.
+$(OUTPUT)/cow: LDLIBS += $(IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS)
 
 $(OUTPUT)/mlock-random-test $(OUTPUT)/memfd_secret: LDLIBS += -lcap
 
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ local_config.mk local_config.h: check_config.sh
 
 EXTRA_CLEAN += local_config.mk local_config.h
 
-ifeq ($(COW_EXTRA_LIBS),)
+ifeq ($(IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS),)
 all: warn_missing_liburing
 
 warn_missing_liburing:
 	@echo ; \
-	echo "Warning: missing liburing support. Some COW tests will be skipped." ; \
+	echo "Warning: missing liburing support. Some tests will be skipped." ; \
 	echo
 endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/check_config.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/check_config.sh
index bcba3af0acea930d871311c18ca6cd39e900cc2a..3954f47461616d878612199707bc591dbdfb25d8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/check_config.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/check_config.sh
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ $CC -c $tmpfile_c -o $tmpfile_o >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 if [ -f $tmpfile_o ]; then
     echo "#define LOCAL_CONFIG_HAVE_LIBURING 1"  > $OUTPUT_H_FILE
-    echo "COW_EXTRA_LIBS = -luring"              > $OUTPUT_MKFILE
+    echo "IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS = -luring"          > $OUTPUT_MKFILE
 else
     echo "// No liburing support found"          > $OUTPUT_H_FILE
     echo "# No liburing support found, so:"      > $OUTPUT_MKFILE
-    echo "COW_EXTRA_LIBS = "                    >> $OUTPUT_MKFILE
+    echo "IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS = "                >> $OUTPUT_MKFILE
 fi
 
 rm ${tmpname}.*