diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
index db8163103406..cb3b910bbc4a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/openvswitch/ovs-dpctl.py
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ def convert_ipv4(data):
 
     return int(ipaddress.IPv4Address(ip)), int(ipaddress.IPv4Address(mask))
 
+def convert_ipv6(data):
+    ip, _, mask = data.partition('/')
+
+    if not ip:
+        ip = mask = 0
+    elif not mask:
+        mask = 'ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff'
+    elif mask.isdigit():
+        mask = ipaddress.IPv6Network("::/" + mask).hostmask
+
+    return ipaddress.IPv6Address(ip).packed, ipaddress.IPv6Address(mask).packed
+
 def convert_int(size):
     def convert_int_sized(data):
         value, _, mask = data.partition('/')
@@ -941,21 +953,21 @@ class ovskey(nla):
                 "src",
                 "src",
                 lambda x: str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(x)),
-                lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big"),
-                lambda x: ipaddress.IPv6Address(x),
+                lambda x: ipaddress.IPv6Address(x).packed if x else 0,
+                convert_ipv6,
             ),
             (
                 "dst",
                 "dst",
                 lambda x: str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(x)),
-                lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big"),
-                lambda x: ipaddress.IPv6Address(x),
+                lambda x: ipaddress.IPv6Address(x).packed if x else 0,
+                convert_ipv6,
             ),
-            ("label", "label", "%d", int),
-            ("proto", "proto", "%d", int),
-            ("tclass", "tclass", "%d", int),
-            ("hlimit", "hlimit", "%d", int),
-            ("frag", "frag", "%d", int),
+            ("label", "label", "%d", lambda x: int(x) if x else 0),
+            ("proto", "proto", "%d", lambda x: int(x) if x else 0),
+            ("tclass", "tclass", "%d", lambda x: int(x) if x else 0),
+            ("hlimit", "hlimit", "%d", lambda x: int(x) if x else 0),
+            ("frag", "frag", "%d", lambda x: int(x) if x else 0),
         )
 
         def __init__(
@@ -1153,7 +1165,7 @@ class ovskey(nla):
                 "target",
                 "target",
                 lambda x: str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(x)),
-                lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big"),
+                convert_ipv6,
             ),
             ("sll", "sll", macstr, lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big")),
             ("tll", "tll", macstr, lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big")),
@@ -1238,13 +1250,13 @@ class ovskey(nla):
                 "src",
                 "src",
                 lambda x: str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(x)),
-                lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big", convertmac),
+                convert_ipv6,
             ),
             (
                 "dst",
                 "dst",
                 lambda x: str(ipaddress.IPv6Address(x)),
-                lambda x: int.from_bytes(x, "big"),
+                convert_ipv6,
             ),
             ("tp_src", "tp_src", "%d", int),
             ("tp_dst", "tp_dst", "%d", int),