diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index a2dae2a3a93e..d7973b1202d9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ 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