diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
index cec0b71b5bdd6d88e7b41b99de081b5370896188..37676cc376dc4c1c92f8c54d3fe8e983c2ee2224 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/test_tunnel.c
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 #define IP6ERSPAN_TUNL_DEV0 "ip6erspan00"
 #define IP6ERSPAN_TUNL_DEV1 "ip6erspan11"
 
+#define GENEVE_TUNL_DEV0 "geneve00"
+#define GENEVE_TUNL_DEV1 "geneve11"
+
 #define PING_ARGS "-i 0.01 -c 3 -w 10 -q"
 
 static int config_device(void)
@@ -449,6 +452,21 @@ static int add_ipv6_tunnel(const char *dev0, const char *dev1,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int add_geneve_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 id 2 %s remote %s",
+	    dev0, type, opt, IP4_ADDR1_VETH1);
+
+	SYS(fail, "ip link add dev %s type %s %s external", dev1, type, opt);
+
+	return set_ipv4_addr(dev0, dev1);
+fail:
+	return -1;
+}
 
 static int test_ping(int family, const char *addr)
 {
@@ -965,6 +983,32 @@ static void test_ip6erspan_tunnel(enum erspan_test test)
 	test_tunnel_kern__destroy(skel);
 }
 
+static void test_geneve_tunnel(void)
+{
+	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;
+
+	err = add_geneve_tunnel(GENEVE_TUNL_DEV0, GENEVE_TUNL_DEV1,
+				"geneve", "dstport 6081");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "add tunnel"))
+		goto done;
+
+	set_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.geneve_set_tunnel);
+	get_fd = bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.geneve_get_tunnel);
+	if (generic_attach(GENEVE_TUNL_DEV1, get_fd, set_fd))
+		goto done;
+
+	ping_dev0();
+	ping_dev1();
+done:
+	delete_tunnel(GENEVE_TUNL_DEV0, GENEVE_TUNL_DEV1);
+	test_tunnel_kern__destroy(skel);
+}
 #define RUN_TEST(name, ...)						\
 	({								\
 		if (test__start_subtest(#name)) {			\
@@ -992,6 +1036,7 @@ static void *test_tunnel_run_tests(void *arg)
 	RUN_TEST(erspan_tunnel, V2);
 	RUN_TEST(ip6erspan_tunnel, V1);
 	RUN_TEST(ip6erspan_tunnel, V2);
+	RUN_TEST(geneve_tunnel);
 
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
index 2b486df9724ddfe2fde4e9695274cc8ab0b036d4..7f2b1c846a72f07f578afbc9b4bb9882cabc838b 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
@@ -64,21 +64,6 @@ config_device()
 	ip addr add dev veth1 172.16.1.200/24
 }
 
-add_geneve_tunnel()
-{
-	# at_ns0 namespace
-	ip netns exec at_ns0 \
-		ip link add dev $DEV_NS type $TYPE \
-		id 2 dstport 6081 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 dstport 6081 external
-	ip link set dev $DEV up
-	ip addr add dev $DEV 10.1.1.200/24
-}
-
 add_ip6geneve_tunnel()
 {
 	ip netns exec at_ns0 ip addr add ::11/96 dev veth0
@@ -136,30 +121,6 @@ add_ip6tnl_tunnel()
 	ip link set dev $DEV up
 }
 
-test_geneve()
-{
-	TYPE=geneve
-	DEV_NS=geneve00
-	DEV=geneve11
-	ret=0
-
-	check $TYPE
-	config_device
-	add_geneve_tunnel
-	attach_bpf $DEV geneve_set_tunnel geneve_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_ip6geneve()
 {
 	TYPE=geneve
@@ -286,7 +247,6 @@ 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 geneve11 2> /dev/null
 	ip link del ip6geneve11 2> /dev/null
 }
 
@@ -309,7 +269,6 @@ check()
 
 enable_debug()
 {
-	echo 'file geneve.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
 	echo 'file ipip.c +p' > /sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
 }
 
@@ -324,10 +283,6 @@ bpf_tunnel_test()
 {
 	local errors=0
 
-	echo "Testing GENEVE tunnel..."
-	test_geneve
-	errors=$(( $errors + $? ))
-
 	echo "Testing IP6GENEVE tunnel..."
 	test_ip6geneve
 	errors=$(( $errors + $? ))
