diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
index 6af2ea3ad6b8..9c9d5b38ab71 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netfilter/ipvs.sh
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ test_nat() {
 test_tun() {
 	ip netns exec "${ns0}" ip route add "${vip_v4}" via "${gip_v4}" dev br0
 
-	ip netns exec "${ns1}" modprobe -q ipip
+	modprobe -q ipip
 	ip netns exec "${ns1}" ip link set tunl0 up
 	ip netns exec "${ns1}" sysctl -qw net.ipv4.ip_forward=0
 	ip netns exec "${ns1}" sysctl -qw net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects=0
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ test_tun() {
 	ip netns exec "${ns1}" ipvsadm -a -i -t "${vip_v4}:${port}" -r ${rip_v4}:${port}
 	ip netns exec "${ns1}" ip addr add ${vip_v4}/32 dev lo:1
 
-	ip netns exec "${ns2}" modprobe -q ipip
 	ip netns exec "${ns2}" ip link set tunl0 up
 	ip netns exec "${ns2}" sysctl -qw net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_ignore=1
 	ip netns exec "${ns2}" sysctl -qw net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_announce=2
+	ip netns exec "${ns2}" sysctl -qw net.ipv4.conf.tunl0.rp_filter=0
 	ip netns exec "${ns2}" ip addr add "${vip_v4}/32" dev lo:1
 
 	test_service