diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
index 2cfd87d94db8..e927df83efb9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ do_transfer()
 		echo "${listener_ns} SYNRX: ${cl_proto} -> ${srv_proto}: expect ${expect_synrx}, got ${stat_synrx_now_l}"
 	fi
 	if [ $expect_ackrx -ne $stat_ackrx_now_l ] ;then
-		echo "${listener_ns} ACKRX: ${cl_proto} -> ${srv_proto}: expect ${expect_synrx}, got ${stat_synrx_now_l}"
+		echo "${listener_ns} ACKRX: ${cl_proto} -> ${srv_proto}: expect ${expect_ackrx}, got ${stat_ackrx_now_l} "
 	fi
 
 	if [ $retc -eq 0 ] && [ $rets -eq 0 ];then