diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c
index 7887df6933998c62d6d81926066918728d704c8c..44ed7f29f8ab6cec40c83c02c01d28ca36c36492 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_netcnt.c
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	assert(system("ping localhost -6 -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null") == 0);
+	if (system("which ping6 &>/dev/null") == 0)
+		assert(!system("ping6 localhost -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null"));
+	else
+		assert(!system("ping -6 localhost -c 10000 -f -q > /dev/null"));
 
 	if (bpf_prog_query(cgroup_fd, BPF_CGROUP_INET_EGRESS, 0, NULL, NULL,
 			   &prog_cnt)) {