diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
index 8aa4e7cddfc6..b9ee0c018981 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_selftests.c
@@ -853,8 +853,12 @@ static int stmmac_test_vlan_validate(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tpriv->vlan_id) {
 		if (skb->vlan_proto != htons(proto))
 			goto out;
-		if (skb->vlan_tci != tpriv->vlan_id)
+		if (skb->vlan_tci != tpriv->vlan_id) {
+			/* Means filter did not work. */
+			tpriv->ok = false;
+			complete(&tpriv->comp);
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ehdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);