diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index 911d753c4ff03ddea75ad104cc404e7ecf1ba413..f94ea4bafa133f310549c34b46ca2eae430196b3 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -383,9 +383,10 @@ tc_rule_stats_get()
 {
 	local dev=$1; shift
 	local pref=$1; shift
+	local dir=$1; shift
 
-	tc -j -s filter show dev $dev ingress pref $pref |
-	jq '.[1].options.actions[].stats.packets'
+	tc -j -s filter show dev $dev ${dir:-ingress} pref $pref \
+	    | jq '.[1].options.actions[].stats.packets'
 }
 
 mac_get()