diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index 1b2366220388..dfdb7031c187 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ run_test()
 	do_transfer $small $large $time
 	lret=$?
 	mptcp_lib_result_code "${lret}" "${msg}"
-	if [ $lret -ne 0 ]; then
+	if [ $lret -ne 0 ] && ! mptcp_lib_subtest_is_flaky; then
 		ret=$lret
 		[ $bail -eq 0 ] || exit $ret
 	fi
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ run_test()
 	do_transfer $large $small $time
 	lret=$?
 	mptcp_lib_result_code "${lret}" "${msg}"
-	if [ $lret -ne 0 ]; then
+	if [ $lret -ne 0 ] && ! mptcp_lib_subtest_is_flaky; then
 		ret=$lret
 		[ $bail -eq 0 ] || exit $ret
 	fi
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ run_test 10 10 0 0 "balanced bwidth"
 run_test 10 10 1 25 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 
 # we still need some additional infrastructure to pass the following test-cases
-run_test 10 3 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
+MPTCP_LIB_SUBTEST_FLAKY=1 run_test 10 3 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
 run_test 10 3 1 25 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 run_test 10 3 25 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"