diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
index bea1282e0281..b39f748c2572 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
@@ -76,11 +76,13 @@ log_test()
 		printf "TEST: %-60s  [ OK ]\n" "${msg}"
 		nsuccess=$((nsuccess+1))
 	else
-		ret=1
-		nfail=$((nfail+1))
 		if [[ $rc -eq $ksft_skip ]]; then
+			[[ $ret -eq 0 ]] && ret=$ksft_skip
+			nskip=$((nskip+1))
 			printf "TEST: %-60s  [SKIP]\n" "${msg}"
 		else
+			ret=1
+			nfail=$((nfail+1))
 			printf "TEST: %-60s  [FAIL]\n" "${msg}"
 		fi
 
@@ -2528,6 +2530,7 @@ done
 if [ "$TESTS" != "none" ]; then
 	printf "\nTests passed: %3d\n" ${nsuccess}
 	printf "Tests failed: %3d\n"   ${nfail}
+	printf "Tests skipped: %2d\n"  ${nskip}
 fi
 
 exit $ret