diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index ef05d2f0e7bbdc168fd44a235d31483161cb01da..104e833d00874576d906718e8f219a3e31158ac5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -121,6 +121,24 @@ static void reset_affinity() {
 	}
 }
 
+static void save_netns(void)
+{
+	env.saved_netns_fd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+	if (env.saved_netns_fd == -1) {
+		perror("open(/proc/self/ns/net)");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+}
+
+static void restore_netns(void)
+{
+	if (setns(env.saved_netns_fd, CLONE_NEWNET) == -1) {
+		stdio_restore();
+		perror("setns(CLONE_NEWNS)");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+}
+
 void test__end_subtest()
 {
 	struct prog_test_def *test = env.test;
@@ -138,8 +156,6 @@ void test__end_subtest()
 	       test->test_num, test->subtest_num,
 	       test->subtest_name, sub_error_cnt ? "FAIL" : "OK");
 
-	reset_affinity();
-
 	free(test->subtest_name);
 	test->subtest_name = NULL;
 }
@@ -655,6 +671,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	save_netns();
 	stdio_hijack();
 	for (i = 0; i < prog_test_cnt; i++) {
 		struct prog_test_def *test = &prog_test_defs[i];
@@ -696,6 +713,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			test->error_cnt ? "FAIL" : "OK");
 
 		reset_affinity();
+		restore_netns();
 		if (test->need_cgroup_cleanup)
 			cleanup_cgroup_environment();
 	}
@@ -719,6 +737,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	free_str_set(&env.subtest_selector.blacklist);
 	free_str_set(&env.subtest_selector.whitelist);
 	free(env.subtest_selector.num_set);
+	close(env.saved_netns_fd);
 
 	if (env.succ_cnt + env.fail_cnt + env.skip_cnt == 0)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
index ec31f382e7fd2423007cc5a533bbfcfd0f671dab..6e09bf738473e4dc3f34b56eea78bb047de325dc 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ struct test_env {
 	int sub_succ_cnt; /* successful sub-tests */
 	int fail_cnt; /* total failed tests + sub-tests */
 	int skip_cnt; /* skipped tests */
+
+	int saved_netns_fd;
 };
 
 extern struct test_env env;