diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
index 2cf0c7a3fe23..cef5d3595171 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_listen.c
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ static void unix_inet_redir_to_connected(int family, int type, int sock_mapfd,
 	if (err)
 		return;
 
-	if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_DGRAM | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0, sfd))
+	if (socketpair(AF_UNIX, type | SOCK_NONBLOCK, 0, sfd))
 		goto close_cli0;
 	c1 = sfd[0], p1 = sfd[1];
 
@@ -1944,7 +1944,6 @@ close:
 close_cli0:
 	xclose(c0);
 	xclose(p0);
-
 }
 
 static void unix_inet_skb_redir_to_connected(struct test_sockmap_listen *skel,