diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index 9605e158a0bf..46ed1174f3a4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ check_tc_action_hw_stats_support()
 	fi
 }
 
+skip_on_veth()
+{
+	local kind=$(ip -j -d link show dev ${NETIFS[p1]} |
+		jq -r '.[].linkinfo.info_kind')
+
+	if [[ $kind == veth ]]; then
+		echo "SKIP: Test cannot be run with veth pairs"
+		exit $ksft_skip
+	fi
+}
+
 if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then
 	echo "SKIP: need root privileges"
 	exit 0