diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/local_termination.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/local_termination.sh
index 648868f746044200c3d2bd9324b43ff9b3e3714e..c35548767756d0116f0e442cde657d93f20a71ae 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/local_termination.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/local_termination.sh
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ vlan_over_vlan_aware_bridge()
 cleanup()
 {
 	pre_cleanup
+
+	ip link set $h2 down
+	ip link set $h1 down
+
 	vrf_cleanup
 }