diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
index 19dd0b2ea397..4a6608beef0e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/mm/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/stack_expansion_ldst: CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector
 $(OUTPUT)/stack_expansion_ldst: ../utils.c
 
 $(OUTPUT)/tempfile:
-	dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=64k count=1
+	dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=64k count=1 status=none
 
 $(OUTPUT)/tlbie_test: LDLIBS += -lpthread
 $(OUTPUT)/pkey_siginfo: LDLIBS += -lpthread