diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ncdevmem.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ncdevmem.c
index bf446d74a4f0..47458a13eff5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ncdevmem.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ncdevmem.c
@@ -232,13 +232,22 @@ static int configure_channels(unsigned int rx, unsigned int tx)
 	return run_command("sudo ethtool -L %s rx %u tx %u", ifname, rx, tx);
 }
 
-static int configure_flow_steering(void)
+static int configure_flow_steering(struct sockaddr_in6 *server_sin)
 {
-	return run_command("sudo ethtool -N %s flow-type tcp4 %s %s dst-ip %s %s %s dst-port %s queue %d >&2",
+	const char *server_addr = server_ip;
+	const char *type = "tcp6";
+
+	if (IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED(&server_sin->sin6_addr)) {
+		type = "tcp4";
+		server_addr = strrchr(server_ip, ':') + 1;
+	}
+
+	return run_command("sudo ethtool -N %s flow-type %s %s %s dst-ip %s %s %s dst-port %s queue %d >&2",
 			   ifname,
+			   type,
 			   client_ip ? "src-ip" : "",
 			   client_ip ?: "",
-			   server_ip,
+			   server_addr,
 			   client_ip ? "src-port" : "",
 			   client_ip ? port : "",
 			   port, start_queue);
@@ -289,13 +298,43 @@ static int bind_rx_queue(unsigned int ifindex, unsigned int dmabuf_fd,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+static int enable_reuseaddr(int fd)
+{
+	int opt = 1;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &opt, sizeof(opt));
+	if (ret)
+		return -errno;
+
+	ret = setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt));
+	if (ret)
+		return -errno;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int parse_address(const char *str, int port, struct sockaddr_in6 *sin6)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	sin6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+	sin6->sin6_port = htons(port);
+
+	ret = inet_pton(sin6->sin6_family, str, &sin6->sin6_addr);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 {
 	char ctrl_data[sizeof(int) * 20000];
 	struct netdev_queue_id *queues;
 	size_t non_page_aligned_frags = 0;
-	struct sockaddr_in client_addr;
-	struct sockaddr_in server_sin;
+	struct sockaddr_in6 client_addr;
+	struct sockaddr_in6 server_sin;
 	size_t page_aligned_frags = 0;
 	size_t total_received = 0;
 	socklen_t client_addr_len;
@@ -307,9 +346,12 @@ int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 	int socket_fd;
 	int client_fd;
 	size_t i = 0;
-	int opt = 1;
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = parse_address(server_ip, atoi(port), &server_sin);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		error(1, 0, "parse server address");
+
 	if (reset_flow_steering())
 		error(1, 0, "Failed to reset flow steering\n");
 
@@ -318,7 +360,7 @@ int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 		error(1, 0, "Failed to configure rss\n");
 
 	/* Flow steer our devmem flows to start_queue */
-	if (configure_flow_steering())
+	if (configure_flow_steering(&server_sin))
 		error(1, 0, "Failed to configure flow steering\n");
 
 	sleep(1);
@@ -339,29 +381,16 @@ int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 	if (!tmp_mem)
 		error(1, ENOMEM, "malloc failed");
 
-	server_sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
-	server_sin.sin_port = htons(atoi(port));
-
-	ret = inet_pton(server_sin.sin_family, server_ip, &server_sin.sin_addr);
-	if (socket < 0)
-		error(1, 0, "%s: [FAIL, create socket]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
-
-	socket_fd = socket(server_sin.sin_family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	socket_fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
 	if (socket < 0)
 		error(1, errno, "%s: [FAIL, create socket]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
 
-	ret = setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEPORT, &opt,
-			 sizeof(opt));
-	if (ret)
-		error(1, errno, "%s: [FAIL, set sock opt]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
-
-	ret = setsockopt(socket_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt,
-			 sizeof(opt));
+	ret = enable_reuseaddr(socket_fd);
 	if (ret)
-		error(1, errno, "%s: [FAIL, set sock opt]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
+		error(1, errno, "%s: [FAIL, reuseaddr]\n", TEST_PREFIX);
 
 	fprintf(stderr, "binding to address %s:%d\n", server_ip,
-		ntohs(server_sin.sin_port));
+		ntohs(server_sin.sin6_port));
 
 	ret = bind(socket_fd, &server_sin, sizeof(server_sin));
 	if (ret)
@@ -373,16 +402,16 @@ int do_server(struct memory_buffer *mem)
 
 	client_addr_len = sizeof(client_addr);
 
-	inet_ntop(server_sin.sin_family, &server_sin.sin_addr, buffer,
+	inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &server_sin.sin6_addr, buffer,
 		  sizeof(buffer));
 	fprintf(stderr, "Waiting or connection on %s:%d\n", buffer,
-		ntohs(server_sin.sin_port));
+		ntohs(server_sin.sin6_port));
 	client_fd = accept(socket_fd, &client_addr, &client_addr_len);
 
-	inet_ntop(client_addr.sin_family, &client_addr.sin_addr, buffer,
+	inet_ntop(AF_INET6, &client_addr.sin6_addr, buffer,
 		  sizeof(buffer));
 	fprintf(stderr, "Got connection from %s:%d\n", buffer,
-		ntohs(client_addr.sin_port));
+		ntohs(client_addr.sin6_port));
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct iovec iov = { .iov_base = iobuf,
