diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 99d7371c86d9..5eca1555e6de 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ pm_nl_check_endpoint()
 	done
 
 	if [ -z "$id" ]; then
-		test_fail "bad test - missing endpoint id"
+		fail_test "bad test - missing endpoint id"
 		return
 	fi