diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/prctl_thp_disable.c b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/prctl_thp_disable.c
index fbbce7c9b2f8..84b4a4b345af 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/mm/prctl_thp_disable.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/mm/prctl_thp_disable.c
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 #include "thp_settings.h"
 #include "vm_util.h"
 
+#ifndef PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED
+#define PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED (1 << 1)
+#endif
+
 enum thp_collapse_type {
 	THP_COLLAPSE_NONE,
 	THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_NOHUGEPAGE,
@@ -175,4 +179,113 @@ TEST_F(prctl_thp_disable_completely, fork)
 	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
 }
 
+static void prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise_test(struct __test_metadata *const _metadata,
+						  size_t pmdsize,
+						  enum thp_enabled thp_policy)
+{
+	ASSERT_EQ(prctl(PR_GET_THP_DISABLE, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL), 3);
+
+	/* tests after prctl overrides global policy */
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_NONE, pmdsize), 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_NOHUGEPAGE, pmdsize), 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_HUGEPAGE, pmdsize),
+		  thp_policy == THP_NEVER ? 0 : 1);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_COLLAPSE, pmdsize), 1);
+
+	/* Reset to global policy */
+	ASSERT_EQ(prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL), 0);
+
+	/* tests after prctl is cleared, and only global policy is effective */
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_NONE, pmdsize),
+		  thp_policy == THP_ALWAYS ? 1 : 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_NOHUGEPAGE, pmdsize), 0);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_HUGEPAGE, pmdsize),
+		  thp_policy == THP_NEVER ? 0 : 1);
+
+	ASSERT_EQ(test_mmap_thp(THP_COLLAPSE_MADV_COLLAPSE, pmdsize), 1);
+}
+
+FIXTURE(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise)
+{
+	struct thp_settings settings;
+	size_t pmdsize;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise)
+{
+	enum thp_enabled thp_policy;
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise, never)
+{
+	.thp_policy = THP_NEVER,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise, madvise)
+{
+	.thp_policy = THP_MADVISE,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise, always)
+{
+	.thp_policy = THP_ALWAYS,
+};
+
+FIXTURE_SETUP(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise)
+{
+	if (!thp_available())
+		SKIP(return, "Transparent Hugepages not available\n");
+
+	self->pmdsize = read_pmd_pagesize();
+	if (!self->pmdsize)
+		SKIP(return, "Unable to read PMD size\n");
+
+	if (prctl(PR_SET_THP_DISABLE, 1, PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED, NULL, NULL))
+		SKIP(return, "Unable to set PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED\n");
+
+	thp_save_settings();
+	thp_read_settings(&self->settings);
+	self->settings.thp_enabled = variant->thp_policy;
+	self->settings.hugepages[sz2ord(self->pmdsize, getpagesize())].enabled = THP_INHERIT;
+	thp_write_settings(&self->settings);
+}
+
+FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise)
+{
+	thp_restore_settings();
+}
+
+TEST_F(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise, nofork)
+{
+	prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise_test(_metadata, self->pmdsize, variant->thp_policy);
+}
+
+TEST_F(prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise, fork)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	/* Make sure prctl changes are carried across fork */
+	pid = fork();
+	ASSERT_GE(pid, 0);
+
+	if (!pid) {
+		prctl_thp_disable_except_madvise_test(_metadata, self->pmdsize,
+						      variant->thp_policy);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	wait(&ret);
+	if (WIFEXITED(ret))
+		ret = WEXITSTATUS(ret);
+	else
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+}
+
 TEST_HARNESS_MAIN