diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 3ed4709a7509..028e8b473626 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2314,9 +2314,6 @@ bool __mptcp_retransmit_pending_data(struct sock *sk)
 	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk))
 		return false;
 
-	if (tcp_rtx_and_write_queues_empty(sk))
-		return false;
-
 	/* the closing socket has some data untransmitted and/or unacked:
 	 * some data in the mptcp rtx queue has not really xmitted yet.
 	 * keep it simple and re-inject the whole mptcp level rtx queue
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
index e317c2e44dae..4f80014cae49 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/config
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ CONFIG_NFT_TPROXY=m
 CONFIG_NFT_SOCKET=m
 CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
 CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
+CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=m
+CONFIG_IP_NF_MANGLE=m
 CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=m
 CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
+CONFIG_IP6_NF_FILTER=m
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_CSUM=m
 CONFIG_NET_ACT_PEDIT=m
 CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 3a5b63026191..c07386e21e0a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -643,13 +643,6 @@ kill_events_pids()
 	mptcp_lib_kill_wait $evts_ns2_pid
 }
 
-kill_tests_wait()
-{
-	#shellcheck disable=SC2046
-	kill -SIGUSR1 $(ip netns pids $ns2) $(ip netns pids $ns1)
-	wait
-}
-
 pm_nl_set_limits()
 {
 	local ns=$1
@@ -3453,7 +3446,7 @@ userspace_tests()
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 0 subflows 0
 		chk_subflows_total 1 1
 		kill_events_pids
-		wait $tests_pid
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 
 	# userspace pm create destroy subflow
@@ -3475,7 +3468,7 @@ userspace_tests()
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 0 subflows 0
 		chk_subflows_total 1 1
 		kill_events_pids
-		wait $tests_pid
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 
 	# userspace pm create id 0 subflow
@@ -3494,7 +3487,7 @@ userspace_tests()
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 1 subflows 1
 		chk_subflows_total 2 2
 		kill_events_pids
-		wait $tests_pid
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 
 	# userspace pm remove initial subflow
@@ -3518,7 +3511,7 @@ userspace_tests()
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 1 subflows 1
 		chk_subflows_total 1 1
 		kill_events_pids
-		wait $tests_pid
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 
 	# userspace pm send RM_ADDR for ID 0
@@ -3544,7 +3537,7 @@ userspace_tests()
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 1 subflows 1
 		chk_subflows_total 1 1
 		kill_events_pids
-		wait $tests_pid
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -3558,7 +3551,8 @@ endpoint_tests()
 		pm_nl_set_limits $ns2 2 2
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns1 10.0.2.1 flags signal
 		speed=slow \
-			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 2>/dev/null &
+			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 &
+		local tests_pid=$!
 
 		wait_mpj $ns1
 		pm_nl_check_endpoint "creation" \
@@ -3573,7 +3567,7 @@ endpoint_tests()
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns2 10.0.2.2 flags signal
 		pm_nl_check_endpoint "modif is allowed" \
 			$ns2 10.0.2.2 id 1 flags signal
-		kill_tests_wait
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 
 	if reset "delete and re-add" &&
@@ -3582,7 +3576,8 @@ endpoint_tests()
 		pm_nl_set_limits $ns2 1 1
 		pm_nl_add_endpoint $ns2 10.0.2.2 id 2 dev ns2eth2 flags subflow
 		test_linkfail=4 speed=20 \
-			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 2>/dev/null &
+			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 &
+		local tests_pid=$!
 
 		wait_mpj $ns2
 		chk_subflow_nr "before delete" 2
@@ -3597,7 +3592,7 @@ endpoint_tests()
 		wait_mpj $ns2
 		chk_subflow_nr "after re-add" 2
 		chk_mptcp_info subflows 1 subflows 1
-		kill_tests_wait
+		mptcp_lib_kill_wait $tests_pid
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
index 022262a2cfe0..3a2abae5993e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_lib.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ readonly KSFT_FAIL=1
 readonly KSFT_SKIP=4
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2155 # declare and assign separately
-readonly KSFT_TEST=$(basename "${0}" | sed 's/\.sh$//g')
+readonly KSFT_TEST="${MPTCP_LIB_KSFT_TEST:-$(basename "${0}" .sh)}"
 
 MPTCP_LIB_SUBTESTS=()
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/settings
index 79b65bdf05db..abc5648b59ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/settings
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/settings
@@ -1 +1 @@
-timeout=1200
+timeout=1800
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index ae8ad5d6fb9d..0cc964e6f2c1 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@ done
 
 setup
 run_test 10 10 0 0 "balanced bwidth"
-run_test 10 10 1 50 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 10 10 1 25 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 
 # we still need some additional infrastructure to pass the following test-cases
-run_test 30 10 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
-run_test 30 10 1 50 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
-run_test 30 10 50 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
+run_test 10 3 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
+run_test 10 3 1 25 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 10 3 25 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
 
 mptcp_lib_result_print_all_tap
 exit $ret