diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index b8311f325fac79c83fde5993fb1c89e5546f5ed8..8c7117e2c337d413f492de9d962ecbf7c074b381 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -344,17 +344,18 @@ do_transfer()
 		let rm_nr_ns1=-addr_nr_ns1
 		if [ $rm_nr_ns1 -lt 8 ]; then
 			counter=1
+			pos=1
 			dump=(`ip netns exec ${listener_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl dump`)
 			if [ ${#dump[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-				id=${dump[1]}
 				sleep 1
 
 				while [ $counter -le $rm_nr_ns1 ]
 				do
+					id=${dump[$pos]}
 					ip netns exec ${listener_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl del $id
 					sleep 1
 					let counter+=1
-					let id+=1
+					let pos+=5
 				done
 			fi
 		elif [ $rm_nr_ns1 -eq 8 ]; then
@@ -392,17 +393,18 @@ do_transfer()
 		let rm_nr_ns2=-addr_nr_ns2
 		if [ $rm_nr_ns2 -lt 8 ]; then
 			counter=1
+			pos=1
 			dump=(`ip netns exec ${connector_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl dump`)
 			if [ ${#dump[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-				id=${dump[1]}
 				sleep 1
 
 				while [ $counter -le $rm_nr_ns2 ]
 				do
+					id=${dump[$pos]}
 					ip netns exec ${connector_ns} ./pm_nl_ctl del $id
 					sleep 1
 					let counter+=1
-					let id+=1
+					let pos+=5
 				done
 			fi
 		elif [ $rm_nr_ns2 -eq 8 ]; then