diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib_sh_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib_sh_test.sh
index ff2accccaf4d..b4eda6c6199e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib_sh_test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib_sh_test.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ tfail()
 	do_test "tfail" false
 }
 
+tfail2()
+{
+	do_test "tfail2" false
+}
+
 txfail()
 {
 	FAIL_TO_XFAIL=yes do_test "txfail" false
@@ -132,6 +137,8 @@ test_ret()
 	ret_subtest $ksft_fail "tfail" txfail tfail
 
 	ret_subtest $ksft_xfail "txfail" txfail txfail
+
+	ret_subtest $ksft_fail "tfail2" tfail2 tfail
 }
 
 exit_status_tests_run()
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
index bb4d2f8d50d6..501615d28530 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __ksft_status_merge()
 		weights[$i]=$((weight++))
 	done
 
-	if [[ ${weights[$a]} > ${weights[$b]} ]]; then
+	if [[ ${weights[$a]} -ge ${weights[$b]} ]]; then
 		echo "$a"
 		return 0
 	else