diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
index 68f26a8b4f42..fb8c7f7236f7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_dirty_log_test.c
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #include "processor.h"
 #include "vmx.h"
 
-#define VCPU_ID				1
-
 /* The memory slot index to track dirty pages */
 #define TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX		1
 #define TEST_MEM_PAGES			3
@@ -73,6 +71,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	unsigned long *bmap;
 	uint64_t *host_test_mem;
 
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	struct kvm_vm *vm;
 	struct kvm_run *run;
 	struct ucall uc;
@@ -81,10 +80,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	nested_vmx_check_supported();
 
 	/* Create VM */
-	vm = vm_create_default(VCPU_ID, 0, l1_guest_code);
+	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, l1_guest_code);
 	vmx = vcpu_alloc_vmx(vm, &vmx_pages_gva);
-	vcpu_args_set(vm, VCPU_ID, 1, vmx_pages_gva);
-	run = vcpu_state(vm, VCPU_ID);
+	vcpu_args_set(vm, vcpu->id, 1, vmx_pages_gva);
+	run = vcpu->run;
 
 	/* Add an extra memory slot for testing dirty logging */
 	vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
@@ -116,13 +115,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	while (!done) {
 		memset(host_test_mem, 0xaa, TEST_MEM_PAGES * 4096);
-		_vcpu_run(vm, VCPU_ID);
+		vcpu_run(vm, vcpu->id);
 		TEST_ASSERT(run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_IO,
 			    "Unexpected exit reason: %u (%s),\n",
 			    run->exit_reason,
 			    exit_reason_str(run->exit_reason));
 
-		switch (get_ucall(vm, VCPU_ID, &uc)) {
+		switch (get_ucall(vm, vcpu->id, &uc)) {
 		case UCALL_ABORT:
 			TEST_FAIL("%s at %s:%ld", (const char *)uc.args[0],
 			       	  __FILE__, uc.args[1]);