diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
index 334a7eca8a80..cc571f607429 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/broadcast_ether_dst.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test_broadcast_ether_dst() {
 	# tcpdump will exit after receiving a single packet
 	# timeout will kill tcpdump if it is still running after 2s
 	timeout 2s ip netns exec "${CLIENT_NS}" \
-		tcpdump -i link0 -c 1 -w "${CAPFILE}" icmp &> "${OUTPUT}" &
+		tcpdump -i link0 -c 1 -w "${CAPFILE}" -Z root icmp &> "${OUTPUT}" &
 	pid=$!
 	slowwait 1 grep -qs "listening" "${OUTPUT}"