diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
index 8092399d9..192ab81 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 ip -Version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Cannot not run test without ip tool"
-	exit 1
+	exit ${KSFT_SKIP}
 fi
 
 ANNOUNCED=6        # MPTCP_EVENT_ANNOUNCED