diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index 3cbbc2fd4d7d..7913c6ee418d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -2138,6 +2138,8 @@ bail_on_lldpad()
 {
 	local reason1="$1"; shift
 	local reason2="$1"; shift
+	local caller=${FUNCNAME[1]}
+	local src=${BASH_SOURCE[1]}
 
 	if systemctl is-active --quiet lldpad; then
 
@@ -2158,7 +2160,8 @@ bail_on_lldpad()
 				an environment variable ALLOW_LLDPAD to a
 				non-empty string.
 			EOF
-			exit 1
+			log_test_skip $src:$caller
+			exit $EXIT_STATUS
 		else
 			return
 		fi