diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
index ab8bce06b262..e850a87429b6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
@@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ sin=$(mktemp)
 sout=$(mktemp)
 cin=$(mktemp)
 cout=$(mktemp)
+trap cleanup EXIT
 init
 make_file "$cin" "client" 1
 make_file "$sin" "server" 1
-trap cleanup EXIT
 mptcp_lib_subtests_last_ts_reset
 
 run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index d11a8b949aab..7b9aabe10170 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ setup()
 
 	ip -net "$ns1" addr add 10.0.1.1/24 dev ns1eth1
 	ip -net "$ns1" addr add dead:beef:1::1/64 dev ns1eth1 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns1" link set ns1eth1 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns1" link set ns1eth1 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 	ip -net "$ns1" route add default via 10.0.1.2
 	ip -net "$ns1" route add default via dead:beef:1::2
 
 	ip -net "$ns1" addr add 10.0.2.1/24 dev ns1eth2
 	ip -net "$ns1" addr add dead:beef:2::1/64 dev ns1eth2 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns1" link set ns1eth2 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns1" link set ns1eth2 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 	ip -net "$ns1" route add default via 10.0.2.2 metric 101
 	ip -net "$ns1" route add default via dead:beef:2::2 metric 101
 
@@ -91,21 +91,21 @@ setup()
 
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add 10.0.1.2/24 dev ns2eth1
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add dead:beef:1::2/64 dev ns2eth1 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth1 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth1 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add 10.0.2.2/24 dev ns2eth2
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add dead:beef:2::2/64 dev ns2eth2 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth2 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth2 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add 10.0.3.2/24 dev ns2eth3
 	ip -net "$ns2" addr add dead:beef:3::2/64 dev ns2eth3 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth3 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns2" link set ns2eth3 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" sysctl -q net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
 	ip netns exec "$ns2" sysctl -q net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1
 
 	ip -net "$ns3" addr add 10.0.3.3/24 dev ns3eth1
 	ip -net "$ns3" addr add dead:beef:3::3/64 dev ns3eth1 nodad
-	ip -net "$ns3" link set ns3eth1 up mtu 1500
+	ip -net "$ns3" link set ns3eth1 up mtu 1500 gso_max_segs 0
 	ip -net "$ns3" route add default via 10.0.3.2
 	ip -net "$ns3" route add default via dead:beef:3::2
 
@@ -223,9 +223,11 @@ run_test()
 	local rate2=$2
 	local delay1=$3
 	local delay2=$4
+	local limit1=$5
+	local limit2=$6
 	local lret
 	local dev
-	shift 4
+	shift 6
 	local msg=$*
 
 	[ $delay1 -gt 0 ] && delay1="delay ${delay1}ms" || delay1=""
@@ -240,10 +242,10 @@ run_test()
 
 	# keep the queued pkts number low, or the RTT estimator will see
 	# increasing latency over time.
-	tc -n $ns1 qdisc add dev ns1eth1 root netem rate ${rate1}mbit $delay1 limit 50
-	tc -n $ns1 qdisc add dev ns1eth2 root netem rate ${rate2}mbit $delay2 limit 50
-	tc -n $ns2 qdisc add dev ns2eth1 root netem rate ${rate1}mbit $delay1 limit 50
-	tc -n $ns2 qdisc add dev ns2eth2 root netem rate ${rate2}mbit $delay2 limit 50
+	tc -n $ns1 qdisc add dev ns1eth1 root netem rate ${rate1}mbit $delay1 limit ${limit1}
+	tc -n $ns1 qdisc add dev ns1eth2 root netem rate ${rate2}mbit $delay2 limit ${limit2}
+	tc -n $ns2 qdisc add dev ns2eth1 root netem rate ${rate1}mbit $delay1 limit ${limit1}
+	tc -n $ns2 qdisc add dev ns2eth2 root netem rate ${rate2}mbit $delay2 limit ${limit2}
 
 	# time is measured in ms, account for transfer size, aggregated link speed
 	# and header overhead (10%)
@@ -301,13 +303,13 @@ done
 
 setup
 mptcp_lib_subtests_last_ts_reset
-run_test 10 10 0 0 "balanced bwidth"
-run_test 10 10 1 25 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 10 10 0 0  20 20 "balanced bwidth"
+run_test 10 10 1 25 20 50 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 
 # we still need some additional infrastructure to pass the following test-cases
-MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=1 run_test 10 3 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
-run_test 10 3 1 25 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
-run_test 10 3 25 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
+MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=1 run_test 10 3 0 0  30 20 "unbalanced bwidth"
+run_test 10 3 1 25 40 30 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 10 3 25 1 50 30 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
 
 mptcp_lib_result_print_all_tap
 exit $ret