diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index be6fa808d219..094a1104e49d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ flood_test_do()
 
 	# Add an ACL on `host2_if` which will tell us whether the packet
 	# was flooded to it or not.
+	ip link set $host2_if promisc on
 	tc qdisc add dev $host2_if ingress
 	tc filter add dev $host2_if ingress protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 \
 		flower dst_mac $mac action drop
@@ -1146,6 +1147,7 @@ flood_test_do()
 
 	tc filter del dev $host2_if ingress protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower
 	tc qdisc del dev $host2_if ingress
+	ip link set $host2_if promisc off
 
 	return $err
 }