diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 9c091fc267c4c8..55d84a1bde15de 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ 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