diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 74cc8a74a9d65..a63aed145393a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ cleanup_partial()
 check_tools()
 {
 	mptcp_lib_check_mptcp
+	mptcp_lib_check_kallsyms
 
 	if ! ip -Version &> /dev/null; then
 		echo "SKIP: Could not run test without ip tool"
@@ -191,6 +192,32 @@ cleanup()
 	cleanup_partial
 }
 
+# $1: msg
+print_title()
+{
+	printf "%03u %-36s %s" "${TEST_COUNT}" "${TEST_NAME}" "${1}"
+}
+
+# [ $1: fail msg ]
+mark_as_skipped()
+{
+	local msg="${1:-"Feature not supported"}"
+
+	mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "${msg}"
+
+	print_title "[ skip ] ${msg}"
+	printf "\n"
+}
+
+# $@: condition
+continue_if()
+{
+	if ! "${@}"; then
+		mark_as_skipped
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
 skip_test()
 {
 	if [ "${#only_tests_ids[@]}" -eq 0 ] && [ "${#only_tests_names[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then