diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
index 3f118e3f1c66..d65fdd407d73 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
 #	Same as above but with IPv6
 
 source lib.sh
+source net_helper.sh
 
 PAUSE_ON_FAIL=no
 VERBOSE=0
@@ -1336,13 +1337,15 @@ test_pmtu_ipvX_over_bridged_vxlanY_or_geneveY_exception() {
 			TCPDST="TCP:[${dst}]:50000"
 		fi
 		${ns_b} socat -T 3 -u -6 TCP-LISTEN:50000 STDOUT > $tmpoutfile &
+		local socat_pid=$!
 
-		sleep 1
+		wait_local_port_listen ${NS_B} 50000 tcp
 
 		dd if=/dev/zero status=none bs=1M count=1 | ${target} socat -T 3 -u STDIN $TCPDST,connect-timeout=3
 
 		size=$(du -sb $tmpoutfile)
 		size=${size%%/tmp/*}
+		wait ${socat_pid}
 
 		[ $size -ne 1048576 ] && err "File size $size mismatches exepcted value in locally bridged vxlan test" && return 1
 	done
@@ -1954,6 +1957,13 @@ check_command() {
 	return 0
 }
 
+check_running() {
+	pid=${1}
+	cmd=${2}
+
+	[ "$(cat /proc/${pid}/cmdline 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\0')" = "{cmd}" ]
+}
+
 test_cleanup_vxlanX_exception() {
 	outer="${1}"
 	encap="vxlan"
@@ -1984,11 +1994,12 @@ test_cleanup_vxlanX_exception() {
 
 	${ns_a} ip link del dev veth_A-R1 &
 	iplink_pid=$!
-	sleep 1
-	if [ "$(cat /proc/${iplink_pid}/cmdline 2>/dev/null | tr -d '\0')" = "iplinkdeldevveth_A-R1" ]; then
-		err "  can't delete veth device in a timely manner, PMTU dst likely leaked"
-		return 1
-	fi
+	for i in $(seq 1 20); do
+		check_running ${iplink_pid} "iplinkdeldevveth_A-R1" || return 0
+		sleep 0.1
+	done
+	err "  can't delete veth device in a timely manner, PMTU dst likely leaked"
+	return 1
 }
 
 test_cleanup_ipv6_exception() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
index 4667d74579d1..874a2952aa8e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ kci_test_encap_vxlan()
 	local ret=0
 	vxlan="test-vxlan0"
 	vlan="test-vlan0"
-	testns="$1"
 	run_cmd ip -netns "$testns" link add "$vxlan" type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 \
 		dev "$devdummy" dstport 4789
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -485,7 +484,6 @@ kci_test_encap_fou()
 {
 	local ret=0
 	name="test-fou"
-	testns="$1"
 	run_cmd_grep 'Usage: ip fou' ip fou help
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 		end_test "SKIP: fou: iproute2 too old"
@@ -526,8 +524,8 @@ kci_test_encap()
 	run_cmd ip -netns "$testns" link set lo up
 	run_cmd ip -netns "$testns" link add name "$devdummy" type dummy
 	run_cmd ip -netns "$testns" link set "$devdummy" up
-	run_cmd kci_test_encap_vxlan "$testns"
-	run_cmd kci_test_encap_fou "$testns"
+	run_cmd kci_test_encap_vxlan
+	run_cmd kci_test_encap_fou
 
 	ip netns del "$testns"
 	return $ret
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
index d6b9c759043c..9cd5e885e91f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ create_ns() {
 	for ns in $NS_SRC $NS_DST; do
 		ip netns add $ns
 		ip -n $ns link set dev lo up
+
+		# disable route solicitations to decrease 'noise' traffic
+		ip netns exec $ns sysctl -qw net.ipv6.conf.default.router_solicitations=0
+		ip netns exec $ns sysctl -qw net.ipv6.conf.all.router_solicitations=0
 	done
 
 	ip link add name veth$SRC type veth peer name veth$DST
@@ -80,6 +84,12 @@ create_vxlan_pair() {
 		create_vxlan_endpoint $BASE$ns veth$ns $BM_NET_V6$((3 - $ns)) vxlan6$ns 6
 		ip -n $BASE$ns addr add dev vxlan6$ns $OL_NET_V6$ns/24 nodad
 	done
+
+	# preload neighbur cache, do avoid some noisy traffic
+	local addr_dst=$(ip -j -n $BASE$DST link show dev vxlan6$DST  |jq -r '.[]["address"]')
+	local addr_src=$(ip -j -n $BASE$SRC link show dev vxlan6$SRC  |jq -r '.[]["address"]')
+	ip -n $BASE$DST neigh add dev vxlan6$DST lladdr $addr_src $OL_NET_V6$SRC
+	ip -n $BASE$SRC neigh add dev vxlan6$SRC lladdr $addr_dst $OL_NET_V6$DST
 }
 
 is_ipv6() {
@@ -119,7 +129,7 @@ run_test() {
 	# not enable GRO
 	ip netns exec $NS_DST $ipt -A INPUT -p udp --dport 4789
 	ip netns exec $NS_DST $ipt -A INPUT -p udp --dport 8000
-	ip netns exec $NS_DST ./udpgso_bench_rx -C 1000 -R 10 -n 10 -l 1300 $rx_args &
+	ip netns exec $NS_DST ./udpgso_bench_rx -C 2000 -R 100 -n 10 -l 1300 $rx_args &
 	local spid=$!
 	wait_local_port_listen "$NS_DST" 8000 udp
 	ip netns exec $NS_SRC ./udpgso_bench_tx $family -M 1 -s 13000 -S 1300 -D $dst
@@ -168,7 +178,7 @@ run_bench() {
 	# bind the sender and the receiver to different CPUs to try
 	# get reproducible results
 	ip netns exec $NS_DST bash -c "echo 2 > /sys/class/net/veth$DST/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus"
-	ip netns exec $NS_DST taskset 0x2 ./udpgso_bench_rx -C 1000 -R 10  &
+	ip netns exec $NS_DST taskset 0x2 ./udpgso_bench_rx -C 2000 -R 100  &
 	local spid=$!
 	wait_local_port_listen "$NS_DST" 8000 udp
 	ip netns exec $NS_SRC taskset 0x1 ./udpgso_bench_tx $family -l 3 -S 1300 -D $dst
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
index f35a924d4a30..1cbadd267c96 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgso_bench_rx.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static void do_recv(void)
 			do_flush_udp(fd);
 
 		tnow = gettimeofday_ms();
-		if (tnow > treport) {
+		if (!cfg_expected_pkt_nr && tnow > treport) {
 			if (packets)
 				fprintf(stderr,
 					"%s rx: %6lu MB/s %8lu calls/s\n",