diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
index ff0d31d38061..7c76b841b17b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ cleanup() {
 	if [[ -f "${infile}" ]]; then
 		rm "${infile}"
 	fi
+
+	if [[ -n $server_pid ]]; then
+		kill $server_pid 2> /dev/null
+	fi
 }
 
 server_listen() {
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ client_connect() {
 
 verify_data() {
 	wait "${server_pid}"
+	server_pid=
 	# sha1sum returns two fields [sha1] [filepath]
 	# convert to bash array and access first elem
 	insum=($(sha1sum ${infile}))