diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
index f838dd370f6a..b3b2dc5a630c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/pmtu.sh
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ run_test() {
 	case $ret in
 		0)
 			all_skipped=false
-			[ $exitcode=$ksft_skip ] && exitcode=0
+			[ $exitcode -eq $ksft_skip ] && exitcode=0
 		;;
 		$ksft_skip)
 			[ $all_skipped = true ] && exitcode=$ksft_skip