diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index 40aeb5a71a2a..4a417f9d51d6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+. "$(dirname "${0}")/mptcp_lib.sh"
+
 rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 ns1="ns1-$rndh"
 ns2="ns2-$rndh"
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ cleanup()
 	done
 }
 
+mptcp_lib_check_mptcp
+
 ip -Version > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run test without ip tool"