diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
index 24798ae846de7c4b64fa6f715d07c6ea5ac4ec34..07e360e2f275e8dd592e96788ce8c497f42e0333 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/devlink_lib.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+devlink dev help 2>&1 | grep info &> /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "SKIP: iproute2 too old, missing devlink dev info support"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
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 # Devlink helpers