diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index bc8f107357acb1..467feb17e07ba6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+# Double quotes to prevent globbing and word splitting is recommended in new
+# code but we accept it, especially because there were too many before having
+# address all other issues detected by shellcheck.
+#shellcheck disable=SC2086
+
 . "$(dirname "${0}")/mptcp_lib.sh"
 
 ns1=""
 ns2=""
 ns3=""
 capture=false
-ksft_skip=4
 timeout_poll=30
 timeout_test=$((timeout_poll * 2 + 1))
 test_cnt=1
@@ -28,6 +32,8 @@ usage() {
 	echo -e "\t-d: debug this script"
 }
 
+# This function is used in the cleanup trap
+#shellcheck disable=SC2317
 cleanup()
 {
 	rm -f "$cout" "$sout"
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ do_transfer()
 	local sin=$2
 	local max_time=$3
 	local port
-	port=$((10000+$test_cnt))
+	port=$((10000+test_cnt))
 	test_cnt=$((test_cnt+1))
 
 	:> "$cout"