diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index a40c35c90c52..efd02554da89 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ pm_nl_del_endpoint()
 	local addr=$3
 
 	if [ $ip_mptcp -eq 1 ]; then
+		[ $id -ne 0 ] && addr=''
 		ip -n $ns mptcp endpoint delete id $id $addr
 	else
 		ip netns exec $ns ./pm_nl_ctl del $id $addr