diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
index 4e00568d70c2c398651675ad763f646453b45b3b..90cb903c33815bcecc3a64a9f153c779476a6848 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/netdevice.sh
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ];then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-ip -Version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+ip link show 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	echo "SKIP: Could not run test without the ip tool"
 	exit 0