diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
index 13561e5bc0cd..bbae40882bfa 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ table inet mangle {
 EOF
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, could not load nft ruleset"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "nft rules"
 		return
 	fi
 
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ EOF
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip $r6flag rule failed"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "ip rule"
 		return
 	fi
 
@@ -741,6 +743,7 @@ EOF
 		ip netns exec "$listener_ns" nft flush ruleset
 		ip -net "$listener_ns" $r6flag rule del fwmark 1 lookup 100
 		echo "SKIP: $msg, ip route add local $local_addr failed"
+		mptcp_lib_fail_if_expected_feature "ip route"
 		return
 	fi