diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
index 515859a5168bc52aa8e492c63c897edde9bbe545..24bcd7b9bdb281799eee41a005caffbc42e40f3f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+sec=$(date +%s)
 rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 ns="ns1-$rndh"
 ksft_skip=4
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
index 63b722b505e589ec217ad57e5cbfb1a8dcf2d2b5..a43d3e2f59bbeb2f616b2b69cefc330b2b06cf8d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ check_transfer()
 
 check_mptcp_disabled()
 {
-	local disabled_ns
-	disabled_ns="ns_disabled-$sech-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
+	local disabled_ns="ns_disabled-$rndh"
 	ip netns add ${disabled_ns} || exit $ksft_skip
 
 	# net.mptcp.enabled should be enabled by default
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 2eeaf4aca644deccd995a074c0bbd3fe5ba660a5..2a402b3b771fd5379dc7cba5d95cedf5964a277a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ init_partial()
 {
 	capout=$(mktemp)
 
-	local rndh
-	rndh=$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
+	local sec rndh
+	sec=$(date +%s)
+	rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 
 	ns1="ns1-$rndh"
 	ns2="ns2-$rndh"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
index 6e8f4599cc44e2ce24888e50c25b1d2cafbf8f7f..dbee386450f32fc6c36f0c28834b8d35344ac475 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_sockopt.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ add_mark_rules()
 
 init()
 {
+	local sec rndh
+	sec=$(date +%s)
 	rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 
 	ns1="ns1-$rndh"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index 189a664aed81cc0cc383da63d73aa80e81b979af..9f22f7e5027df1f352d8f4365c680a603a30923d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+sec=$(date +%s)
 rndh=$(printf %x $sec)-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 ns1="ns1-$rndh"
 ns2="ns2-$rndh"
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
index 3229725b64b0aa51d85dc29f65502ed44f83b2f9..5dfc3ee74b984b28acc1aaedda7d24fc49977970 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/userspace_pm.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ client_addr_id=${RANDOM:0:2}
 server_addr_id=${RANDOM:0:2}
 
 sec=$(date +%s)
-rndh=$(stdbuf -o0 -e0 printf %x "$sec")-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
+rndh=$(printf %x "$sec")-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)
 ns1="ns1-$rndh"
 ns2="ns2-$rndh"