diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index fefa9173bdaa..b869b46823d7 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ reset()
 
 	TEST_NAME="${1}"
 
+	MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=0 # reset if modified
+
 	if skip_test; then
 		MPTCP_LIB_TEST_COUNTER=$((MPTCP_LIB_TEST_COUNTER+1))
 		last_test_ignored=1
@@ -448,7 +450,9 @@ reset_with_tcp_filter()
 # $1: err msg
 fail_test()
 {
-	ret=${KSFT_FAIL}
+	if ! mptcp_lib_subtest_is_flaky; then
+		ret=${KSFT_FAIL}
+	fi
 
 	if [ ${#} -gt 0 ]; then
 		print_fail "${@}"
@@ -3069,6 +3073,7 @@ fullmesh_tests()
 fastclose_tests()
 {
 	if reset_check_counter "fastclose test" "MPTcpExtMPFastcloseTx"; then
+		MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=1
 		test_linkfail=1024 fastclose=client \
 			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1
 		chk_join_nr 0 0 0
@@ -3077,6 +3082,7 @@ fastclose_tests()
 	fi
 
 	if reset_check_counter "fastclose server test" "MPTcpExtMPFastcloseRx"; then
+		MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=1
 		test_linkfail=1024 fastclose=server \
 			run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1
 		chk_join_nr 0 0 0 0 0 0 1