diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
index 66c5be25c13d0..48e52f995a98c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ check_expected_one()
 	fi
 
 	stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "\tExpected value for '%s': '%s', got '%s'.\n" \
-		"${var}" "${!var}" "${!exp}"
+		"${var}" "${!exp}" "${!var}"
 	return 1
 }