diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/setup_veth.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/setup_veth.sh
index a9a1759e035ca..1f78a87f6f37e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/setup_veth.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/setup_veth.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ setup_veth_ns() {
 	local -r ns_mac="$4"
 
 	[[ -e /var/run/netns/"${ns_name}" ]] || ip netns add "${ns_name}"
-	echo 100000 > "/sys/class/net/${ns_dev}/gro_flush_timeout"
+	echo 1000000 > "/sys/class/net/${ns_dev}/gro_flush_timeout"
 	ip link set dev "${ns_dev}" netns "${ns_name}" mtu 65535
 	ip -netns "${ns_name}" link set dev "${ns_dev}" up