diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/lwt_redirect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/lwt_redirect.c
index 59b38569f310..2bc932a18c17 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/lwt_redirect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/lwt_redirect.c
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static int setup_redirect_target(const char *target_dev, bool need_mac)
 	if (!ASSERT_GE(target_index, 0, "if_nametoindex"))
 		goto fail;
 
+	SYS(fail, "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1");
 	SYS(fail, "ip link add link_err type dummy");
 	SYS(fail, "ip link set lo up");
 	SYS(fail, "ip addr add dev lo " LOCAL_SRC "/32");