diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
index 601990c6881b..4c555fab9e75 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ devlink_reload()
 	still_pending=$(devlink resource show "$DEVLINK_DEV" | \
 			grep -c "size_new")
 	check_err $still_pending "Failed reload - There are still unset sizes"
+
+	udevadm settle
 }
 
 declare -A DEVLINK_ORIG