diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
index 4209b95690394..5cfea1760431b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 
@@ -1211,23 +1213,43 @@ static void parse_setsock_options(const char *name)
 	exit(1);
 }
 
-void xdisconnect(int fd, int addrlen)
+void xdisconnect(int fd)
 {
-	struct sockaddr_storage empty;
+	socklen_t addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage);
+	struct sockaddr_storage addr, empty;
 	int msec_sleep = 10;
-	int queued = 1;
-	int i;
+	void *raw_addr;
+	int i, cmdlen;
+	char cmd[128];
+
+	/* get the local address and convert it to string */
+	if (getsockname(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &addrlen) < 0)
+		xerror("getsockname");
+
+	if (addr.ss_family == AF_INET)
+		raw_addr= &(((struct sockaddr_in *)&addr)->sin_addr);
+	else if (addr.ss_family == AF_INET6)
+		raw_addr = &(((struct sockaddr_in6 *)&addr)->sin6_addr);
+	else
+		xerror("bad family");
+
+	strcpy(cmd, "ss -M | grep ");
+	cmdlen = strlen(cmd);
+	if (!inet_ntop(addr.ss_family , raw_addr, &cmd[cmdlen],
+		       sizeof(cmd) - cmdlen))
+		xerror("inet_ntop");
+	strcat(cmd, " >/dev/null");
 
 	shutdown(fd, SHUT_WR);
 
-	/* while until the pending data is completely flushed, the later
+	/*
+	 * wait until the pending data is completely flushed and all
+	 * the MPTCP sockets reached the closed status.
 	 * disconnect will bypass/ignore/drop any pending data.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; ; i += msec_sleep) {
-		if (ioctl(fd, SIOCOUTQ, &queued) < 0)
-			xerror("can't query out socket queue: %d", errno);
-
-		if (!queued)
+		/* closed socket are not listed by 'ss' */
+		if (system(cmd))
 			break;
 
 		if (i > poll_timeout)
@@ -1281,9 +1303,9 @@ int main_loop(void)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (cfg_truncate > 0) {
-		xdisconnect(fd, peer->ai_addrlen);
+		xdisconnect(fd);
 	} else if (--cfg_repeat > 0) {
-		xdisconnect(fd, peer->ai_addrlen);
+		xdisconnect(fd);
 
 		/* the socket could be unblocking at this point, we need the
 		 * connect to be blocking