diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
index dbee386450f32..f74b237bcb32f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ timeout_poll=30
 timeout_test=$((timeout_poll * 2 + 1))
 mptcp_connect=""
 
+sec=$(date +%s)
+rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
+ns1="ns1-$rndh"
+ns2="ns2-$rndh"
+ns_sbox="ns_sbox-$rndh"
+
 add_mark_rules()
 {
 	local ns=$1
@@ -30,14 +36,6 @@ add_mark_rules()
 
 init()
 {
-	local sec rndh
-	sec=$(date +%s)
-	rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
-
-	ns1="ns1-$rndh"
-	ns2="ns2-$rndh"
-	ns_sbox="ns_sbox-$rndh"
-
 	for netns in "$ns1" "$ns2" "$ns_sbox";do
 		ip netns add $netns || exit $ksft_skip
 		ip -net $netns link set lo up