diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 2a238ae842d8..7b65003ee8cf 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -946,11 +946,12 @@ do_transfer()
 				sp=$(grep "type:10" "$evts_ns1" |
 				     sed -n 's/.*\(sport:\)\([[:digit:]]*\).*$/\2/p;q')
 				da=$(grep "type:10" "$evts_ns1" |
-				     sed -n 's/.*\(daddr6:\)\([0-9a-f:.]*\).*$/\2/p;q')
+				     sed -n 's/.*\(daddr[46]:\)\([0-9a-f:.]*\).*$/\2/p;q')
+				echo "$da" | grep -q ":" && addr="::ffff:$addr"
 				dp=$(grep "type:10" "$evts_ns1" |
 				     sed -n 's/.*\(dport:\)\([[:digit:]]*\).*$/\2/p;q')
 				ip netns exec ${listener_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl rem token $tk id $id
-				ip netns exec ${listener_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl dsf lip "::ffff:$addr" \
+				ip netns exec ${listener_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl dsf lip "$addr" \
 							lport $sp rip $da rport $dp token $tk
 			fi