diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
index 58602c1831f1..d6534d7301a2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_memcontrol.c
@@ -496,10 +496,10 @@ static int test_memcg_protection(const char *root, bool min)
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(children); i++)
 		c[i] = cg_read_long(children[i], "memory.current");
 
-	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(29), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[0], MB(29), 15))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(21), 10))
+	if (!values_close(c[1], MB(21), 20))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	if (c[3] != 0)