diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index ca53b539aa2d18affad9fd63399837c7f5a7fe14..4c2351996a7f33b2fac82bb2bc6c84770ef31306 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -494,6 +494,14 @@ tc_rule_stats_get()
 	    | jq '.[1].options.actions[].stats.packets'
 }
 
+ethtool_stats_get()
+{
+	local dev=$1; shift
+	local stat=$1; shift
+
+	ethtool -S $dev | grep "^ *$stat:" | head -n 1 | cut -d: -f2
+}
+
 mac_get()
 {
 	local if_name=$1