diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/router_bridge_vlan.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/router_bridge_vlan.sh
index 695ef1f12e56..de2b2d5480dd 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/router_bridge_vlan.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/router_bridge_vlan.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ h2_destroy()
 
 router_create()
 {
-	ip link add name br1 type bridge vlan_filtering 1
+	ip link add name br1 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 vlan_default_pvid 0
 	ip link set dev br1 up
 
 	ip link set dev $swp1 master br1