diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/gre_gso.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/gre_gso.sh
index facbb0c80443..fdeb44d621eb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/gre_gso.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/gre_gso.sh
@@ -116,17 +116,18 @@ gre_gst_test_checks()
 {
 	local name=$1
 	local addr=$2
+	local proto=$3
 
-	$NS_EXEC nc -kl $port >/dev/null &
+	$NS_EXEC nc $proto -kl $port >/dev/null &
 	PID=$!
 	while ! $NS_EXEC ss -ltn | grep -q $port; do ((i++)); sleep 0.01; done
 
-	cat $TMPFILE | timeout 1 nc $addr $port
+	cat $TMPFILE | timeout 1 nc $proto -N $addr $port
 	log_test $? 0 "$name - copy file w/ TSO"
 
 	ethtool -K veth0 tso off
 
-	cat $TMPFILE | timeout 1 nc $addr $port
+	cat $TMPFILE | timeout 1 nc $proto -N $addr $port
 	log_test $? 0 "$name - copy file w/ GSO"
 
 	ethtool -K veth0 tso on
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ gre6_gso_test()
 	sleep 2
 
 	gre_gst_test_checks GREv6/v4 172.16.2.2
-	gre_gst_test_checks GREv6/v6 2001:db8:1::2
+	gre_gst_test_checks GREv6/v6 2001:db8:1::2 -6
 
 	cleanup
 }