diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/amx_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/amx_test.c
index f7da543570ad..eae521f050e0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/amx_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/amx_test.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	vm_vaddr_t amx_cfg, tiledata, xstate;
 	struct ucall uc;
 	u32 amx_offset;
-	int stage, ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Note, all off-by-default features must be enabled before anything
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	memset(addr_gva2hva(vm, xstate), 0, PAGE_SIZE * DIV_ROUND_UP(XSAVE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE));
 	vcpu_args_set(vcpu, 3, amx_cfg, tiledata, xstate);
 
-	for (stage = 1; ; stage++) {
+	for (;;) {
 		vcpu_run(vcpu);
 		TEST_ASSERT_KVM_EXIT_REASON(vcpu, KVM_EXIT_IO);