diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_fib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_fib.sh
index 6caf6ac8c285f..695a1958723f5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_fib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_fib.sh
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ test_ping() {
 ip netns exec ${nsrouter} sysctl net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
 ip netns exec ${nsrouter} sysctl net.ipv4.conf.veth0.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
 ip netns exec ${nsrouter} sysctl net.ipv4.conf.veth1.forwarding=1 > /dev/null
+ip netns exec ${nsrouter} sysctl net.ipv4.conf.veth0.rp_filter=0 > /dev/null
 
 sleep 3