diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
index 498822064218d4676a5adf1cdb2a33ab56688746..bd1410b90b94773ba9bc1fa378bb7139f8d4670a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
 #define XFRM_SPI_IN_TO_OUT 0x1
 #define XFRM_SPI_OUT_TO_IN 0x2
 
+#define GRE_TUNL_DEV0 "gre00"
+#define GRE_TUNL_DEV1 "gre11"
+
 #define PING_ARGS "-i 0.01 -c 3 -w 10 -q"
 
 static int config_device(void)
@@ -216,6 +219,18 @@ static int set_ipip_encap(const char *ipproto, const char *type)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int set_ipv4_addr(const char *dev0, const char *dev1)
+{
+	SYS(fail, "ip -n at_ns0 link set dev %s up", dev0);
+	SYS(fail, "ip -n at_ns0 addr add dev %s %s/24", dev0, IP4_ADDR_TUNL_DEV0);
+	SYS(fail, "ip link set dev %s up", dev1);
+	SYS(fail, "ip addr add dev %s %s/24", dev1, IP4_ADDR_TUNL_DEV1);
+
+	return 0;
+fail:
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int add_ipip_tunnel(enum ipip_encap encap)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -356,6 +371,31 @@ static void delete_xfrm_tunnel(void)
 		   IP4_ADDR1_VETH1, IP4_ADDR_VETH0, XFRM_SPI_OUT_TO_IN);
 }
 
+static int add_ipv4_tunnel(const char *dev0, const char *dev1,
+			   const char *type, const char *opt)
+{
+	if (!type || !opt || !dev0 || !dev1)
+		return -1;
+
+	SYS(fail, "ip -n at_ns0 link add dev %s type %s %s local %s remote %s",
+	    dev0, type, opt, IP4_ADDR_VETH0, IP4_ADDR1_VETH1);
+
+	SYS(fail, "ip link add dev %s type %s external", dev1, type);
+
+	return set_ipv4_addr(dev0, dev1);
+fail:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static void delete_tunnel(const char *dev0, const char *dev1)
+{
+	if (!dev0 || !dev1)
+		return;
+
+	SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns exec at_ns0 ip link delete dev %s", dev0);
+	SYS_NOFAIL("ip link delete dev %s", dev1);
+}
+
 static int test_ping(int family, const char *addr)
 {
 	SYS(fail, "%s %s %s > /dev/null", ping_command(family), PING_ARGS, addr);
@@ -681,6 +721,59 @@ static void test_xfrm_tunnel(void)
 		test_tunnel_kern__destroy(skel);
 }
 
+enum gre_test {
+	GRE,
+	GRE_NOKEY,
+	GRETAP,
+	GRETAP_NOKEY,
+};
+
+static void test_gre_tunnel(enum gre_test test)
+{
+	struct test_tunnel_kern *skel;
+	int set_fd, get_fd;
+	int err;
+
+	skel = test_tunnel_kern__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "test_tunnel_kern__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	switch (test) {
+	case GRE:
+		err = add_ipv4_tunnel(GRE_TUNL_DEV0, GRE_TUNL_DEV1, "gre", "seq");
+		set_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_set_tunnel_no_key);
+		get_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_get_tunnel);
+		break;
+	case GRE_NOKEY:
+		err = add_ipv4_tunnel(GRE_TUNL_DEV0, GRE_TUNL_DEV1, "gre", "seq key 2");
+		set_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_set_tunnel);
+		get_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_get_tunnel);
+		break;
+	case GRETAP:
+		err = add_ipv4_tunnel(GRE_TUNL_DEV0, GRE_TUNL_DEV1, "gretap", "seq");
+		set_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_set_tunnel_no_key);
+		get_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_get_tunnel);
+		break;
+	case GRETAP_NOKEY:
+		err = add_ipv4_tunnel(GRE_TUNL_DEV0, GRE_TUNL_DEV1, "gretap", "seq key 2");
+		set_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_set_tunnel);
+		get_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.gre_get_tunnel);
+		break;
+	}
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "add tunnel"))
+		goto done;
+
+	if (generic_attach(GRE_TUNL_DEV1, get_fd, set_fd))
+		goto done;
+
+	ping_dev0();
+	ping_dev1();
+
+done:
+	delete_tunnel(GRE_TUNL_DEV0, GRE_TUNL_DEV1);
+	test_tunnel_kern__destroy(skel);
+}
+
 #define RUN_TEST(name, ...)						\
 	({								\
 		if (test__start_subtest(#name)) {			\
@@ -698,6 +791,10 @@ static void *test_tunnel_run_tests(void *arg)
 	RUN_TEST(ipip_tunnel, FOU);
 	RUN_TEST(ipip_tunnel, GUE);
 	RUN_TEST(xfrm_tunnel);
+	RUN_TEST(gre_tunnel, GRE);
+	RUN_TEST(gre_tunnel, GRE_NOKEY);
+	RUN_TEST(gre_tunnel, GRETAP);
+	RUN_TEST(gre_tunnel, GRETAP_NOKEY);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
index d9661b9988ba907e023ef9bc58d96a0155f58326..48ac9cb2092f6aa34aa59b3b0c51465390965707 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
@@ -64,26 +64,6 @@ config_device()
 	ip addr add dev veth1 172.16.1.200/24
 }
 
-add_gre_tunnel()
-{
-	tun_key=
-	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
-		tun_key="key $1"
-	fi
-
-	# at_ns0 namespace
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 \
-        ip link add dev $DEV_NS type $TYPE seq $tun_key \
-		local 172.16.1.100 remote 172.16.1.200
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 ip link set dev $DEV_NS up
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 ip addr add dev $DEV_NS 10.1.1.100/24
-
-	# root namespace
-	ip link add dev $DEV type $TYPE $tun_key external
-	ip link set dev $DEV up
-	ip addr add dev $DEV 10.1.1.200/24
-}
-
 add_ip6gretap_tunnel()
 {
 
@@ -234,54 +214,6 @@ add_ip6tnl_tunnel()
 	ip link set dev $DEV up
 }
 
-test_gre()
-{
-	TYPE=gretap
-	DEV_NS=gretap00
-	DEV=gretap11
-	ret=0
-
-	check $TYPE
-	config_device
-	add_gre_tunnel 2
-	attach_bpf $DEV gre_set_tunnel gre_get_tunnel
-	ping $PING_ARG 10.1.1.100
-	check_err $?
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 ping $PING_ARG 10.1.1.200
-	check_err $?
-	cleanup
-
-        if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-                echo -e ${RED}"FAIL: $TYPE"${NC}
-                return 1
-        fi
-        echo -e ${GREEN}"PASS: $TYPE"${NC}
-}
-
-test_gre_no_tunnel_key()
-{
-	TYPE=gre
-	DEV_NS=gre00
-	DEV=gre11
-	ret=0
-
-	check $TYPE
-	config_device
-	add_gre_tunnel
-	attach_bpf $DEV gre_set_tunnel_no_key gre_get_tunnel
-	ping $PING_ARG 10.1.1.100
-	check_err $?
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 ping $PING_ARG 10.1.1.200
-	check_err $?
-	cleanup
-
-        if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
-                echo -e ${RED}"FAIL: $TYPE"${NC}
-                return 1
-        fi
-        echo -e ${GREEN}"PASS: $TYPE"${NC}
-}
-
 test_ip6gre()
 {
 	TYPE=ip6gre
@@ -538,8 +470,6 @@ cleanup()
 	ip link del ipip11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del ipip6tnl11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del ip6ip6tnl11 2> /dev/null
-	ip link del gretap11 2> /dev/null
-	ip link del gre11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del ip6gre11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del ip6gretap11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del geneve11 2> /dev/null
@@ -567,7 +497,6 @@ check()
 
 enable_debug()
 {
-	echo 'file ip_gre.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
 	echo 'file ip6_gre.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
 	echo 'file geneve.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
 	echo 'file ipip.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
@@ -584,14 +513,6 @@ bpf_tunnel_test()
 {
 	local errors=0
 
-	echo "Testing GRE tunnel..."
-	test_gre
-	errors=$(( $errors + $? ))
-
-	echo "Testing GRE tunnel (without tunnel keys)..."
-	test_gre_no_tunnel_key
-	errors=$(( $errors + $? ))
-
 	echo "Testing IP6GRE tunnel..."
 	test_ip6gre
 	errors=$(( $errors + $? ))
