diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index e892673deb73b..3613489eb6e3b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2909,10 +2909,10 @@ static void mptcp_check_listen_stop(struct sock *sk)
 		return;
 
 	lock_sock_nested(ssk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
 	mptcp_subflow_queue_clean(sk, ssk);
 	inet_csk_listen_stop(ssk);
 	mptcp_event_pm_listener(ssk, MPTCP_EVENT_LISTENER_CLOSED);
-	tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
 	release_sock(ssk);
 }
 
@@ -3703,6 +3703,11 @@ static int mptcp_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	pr_debug("msk=%p", msk);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
+
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (sock->state != SS_UNCONNECTED || sock->type != SOCK_STREAM)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	ssock = __mptcp_nmpc_socket(msk);
 	if (IS_ERR(ssock)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ssock);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
index 6032f9b23c4c2..e317c2e44dae8 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_DIAG=m
 CONFIG_INET_MPTCP_DIAG=m
 CONFIG_VETH=y
 CONFIG_NET_SCH_NETEM=m
+CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
 CONFIG_NETFILTER=y
 CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED=y
 CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
index 13561e5bc0cdb..bbae40882bfaf 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ table inet mangle {
 EOF
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, could not load nft ruleset"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "nft rules"
 		return
 	fi
 
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ EOF
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip $r6flag rule failed"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "ip rule"
 		return
 	fi
 
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ EOF
 		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
 		ip -net "$listener_ns" $r6flag rule del fwmark 1 lookup 100
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip route add local $local_addr failed"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "ip route"
 		return
 	fi
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
index f295a371ff148..dc8d473fc82c8 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ ksft_skip=4
 timeout_poll=30
 timeout_test=$((timeout_poll * 2 + 1))
 mptcp_connect=""
+iptables="iptables"
+ip6tables="ip6tables"
 
 sec=$(date +%s)
 rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ add_mark_rules()
 	local m=$2
 
 	local t
-	for t in iptables ip6tables; do
+	for t in ${iptables} ${ip6tables}; do
 		# just to debug: check we have multiple subflows connection requests
 		ip netns exec $ns $t -A OUTPUT -p tcp --syn -m mark --mark $m -j ACCEPT
 
@@ -95,14 +97,14 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	exit $ksft_skip
 fi
 
-iptables -V > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
+# Use the legacy version if available to support old kernel versions
+if iptables-legacy -V &> /dev/null; then
+	iptables="iptables-legacy"
+	ip6tables="ip6tables-legacy"
+elif ! iptables -V &> /dev/null; then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run all tests without iptables tool"
 	exit $ksft_skip
-fi
-
-ip6tables -V > /dev/null 2>&1
-if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
+elif ! ip6tables -V &> /dev/null; then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run all tests without ip6tables tool"
 	exit $ksft_skip
 fi
@@ -112,10 +114,10 @@ check_mark()
 	local ns=$1
 	local af=$2
 
-	local tables=iptables
+	local tables=${iptables}
 
 	if [ $af -eq 6 ];then
-		tables=ip6tables
+		tables=${ip6tables}
 	fi
 
 	local counters values
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ check_mark()
 	for v in $values; do
 		if [ $v -ne 0 ]; then
 			echo "FAIL: got $tables $values in ns $ns , not 0 - not all expected packets marked" 1>&2
+			ret=1
 			return 1
 		fi
 	done
@@ -225,11 +228,11 @@ do_transfer()
 	fi
 
 	if [ $local_addr = "::" ];then
-		check_mark $listener_ns 6
-		check_mark $connector_ns 6
+		check_mark $listener_ns 6 || retc=1
+		check_mark $connector_ns 6 || retc=1
 	else
-		check_mark $listener_ns 4
-		check_mark $connector_ns 4
+		check_mark $listener_ns 4 || retc=1
+		check_mark $connector_ns 4 || retc=1
 	fi
 
 	check_transfer $cin $sout "file received by server"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c
index abddf4c63e797..1887bd61bd9a5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int dsf(int fd, int pm_family, int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* token */
-	token = atoi(params[4]);
+	token = strtoul(params[4], NULL, 10);
 	rta = (void *)(data + off);
 	rta->rta_type = MPTCP_PM_ATTR_TOKEN;
 	rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ int csf(int fd, int pm_family, int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* token */
-	token = atoi(params[4]);
+	token = strtoul(params[4], NULL, 10);
 	rta = (void *)(data + off);
 	rta->rta_type = MPTCP_PM_ATTR_TOKEN;
 	rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ int remove_addr(int fd, int pm_family, int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (++arg >= argc)
 				error(1, 0, " missing token value");
 
-			token = atoi(argv[arg]);
+			token = strtoul(argv[arg], NULL, 10);
 			rta = (void *)(data + off);
 			rta->rta_type = MPTCP_PM_ATTR_TOKEN;
 			rta->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(4);
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ int announce_addr(int fd, int pm_family, int argc, char *argv[])
 			if (++arg >= argc)
 				error(1, 0, " missing token value");
 
-			token = atoi(argv[arg]);
+			token = strtoul(argv[arg], NULL, 10);
 		} else
 			error(1, 0, "unknown keyword %s", argv[arg]);
 	}
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ int set_flags(int fd, int pm_family, int argc, char *argv[])
 				error(1, 0, " missing token value");
 
 			/* token */
-			token = atoi(argv[arg]);
+			token = strtoul(argv[arg], NULL, 10);
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[arg], "flags")) {
 			char *tok, *str;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
index 98d9e4d2d3fc2..b180133a30af7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ test_remove()
 		stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "[OK]\n"
 	else
 		stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "[FAIL]\n"
+		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	# RM_ADDR using an invalid addr id should result in no action
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ test_remove()
 		stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "[OK]\n"
 	else
 		stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf "[FAIL]\n"
+		exit 1
 	fi
 
 	# RM_ADDR from the client to server machine
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@ test_prio()
 	local count
 
 	# Send MP_PRIO signal from client to server machine
-	ip netns exec "$ns2" ./pm_nl_ctl set 10.0.1.2 port "$client4_port" flags backup token "$client4_token" rip 10.0.1.1 rport "$server4_port"
+	ip netns exec "$ns2" ./pm_nl_ctl set 10.0.1.2 port "$client4_port" flags backup token "$client4_token" rip 10.0.1.1 rport "$app4_port"
 	sleep 0.5
 
 	# Check TX