diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index f9161ed69b868..7867bad592533 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ setup_fail_rules()
 
 reset_with_fail()
 {
-	reset "${1}" || return 1
+	reset_check_counter "${1}" "MPTcpExtInfiniteMapTx" || return 1
 	shift
 
 	ip netns exec $ns1 sysctl -q net.mptcp.checksum_enabled=1