diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index a20dca9d26d6..0b433606a298 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ pm_nl_check_endpoint()
 			[ -n "$_flags" ]; flags="flags $_flags"
 			shift
 		elif [ $1 = "dev" ]; then
-			[ -n "$2" ]; dev="dev $1"
+			[ -n "$2" ]; dev="dev $2"
 			shift
 		elif [ $1 = "id" ]; then
 			_id=$2