diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem.c
index e098d6534c3c..d96e8a3b5a65 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/hw/ncdevmem.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static char *port;
 static size_t do_validation;
 static int start_queue = -1;
 static int num_queues = -1;
+static int skip_config;
 static char *ifname;
 static unsigned int ifindex;
 static unsigned int dmabuf_id;
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ static struct netdev_queue_id *create_queues(void)
 
 static int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 {
-	struct ethtool_rings_get_rsp *ring_config;
+	struct ethtool_rings_get_rsp *ring_config = NULL;
 	char ctrl_data[sizeof(int) * 20000];
 	size_t non_page_aligned_frags = 0;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 client_addr;
@@ -851,27 +852,29 @@ static int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ring_config = get_ring_config();
-	if (!ring_config) {
-		pr_err("Failed to get current ring configuration");
-		return -1;
-	}
+	if (!skip_config) {
+		ring_config = get_ring_config();
+		if (!ring_config) {
+			pr_err("Failed to get current ring configuration");
+			return -1;
+		}
 
-	if (configure_headersplit(ring_config, 1)) {
-		pr_err("Failed to enable TCP header split");
-		goto err_free_ring_config;
-	}
+		if (configure_headersplit(ring_config, 1)) {
+			pr_err("Failed to enable TCP header split");
+			goto err_free_ring_config;
+		}
 
-	/* Configure RSS to divert all traffic from our devmem queues */
-	if (configure_rss()) {
-		pr_err("Failed to configure rss");
-		goto err_reset_headersplit;
-	}
+		/* Configure RSS to divert all traffic from our devmem queues */
+		if (configure_rss()) {
+			pr_err("Failed to configure rss");
+			goto err_reset_headersplit;
+		}
 
-	/* Flow steer our devmem flows to start_queue */
-	if (configure_flow_steering(&server_sin)) {
-		pr_err("Failed to configure flow steering");
-		goto err_reset_rss;
+		/* Flow steer our devmem flows to start_queue */
+		if (configure_flow_steering(&server_sin)) {
+			pr_err("Failed to configure flow steering");
+			goto err_reset_rss;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (bind_rx_queue(ifindex, mem->fd, create_queues(), num_queues, &ys)) {
@@ -1052,13 +1055,17 @@ static int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 err_unbind:
 	ynl_sock_destroy(ys);
 err_reset_flow_steering:
-	reset_flow_steering();
+	if (!skip_config)
+		reset_flow_steering();
 err_reset_rss:
-	reset_rss();
+	if (!skip_config)
+		reset_rss();
 err_reset_headersplit:
-	restore_ring_config(ring_config);
+	if (!skip_config)
+		restore_ring_config(ring_config);
 err_free_ring_config:
-	ethtool_rings_get_rsp_free(ring_config);
+	if (!skip_config)
+		ethtool_rings_get_rsp_free(ring_config);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1404,7 +1411,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int is_server = 0, opt;
 	int ret, err = 1;
 
-	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Lls:c:p:v:q:t:f:z:")) != -1) {
+	while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "Lls:c:p:v:q:t:f:z:n")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
 		case 'L':
 			fail_on_linear = true;
@@ -1436,6 +1443,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'z':
 			max_chunk = atoi(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'n':
+			skip_config = 1;
+			break;
 		case '?':
 			fprintf(stderr, "unknown option: %c\n", optopt);
 			break;