diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_nolocalbypass.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_nolocalbypass.sh
index 46067db53068..f75212bf142c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_nolocalbypass.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/test_vxlan_nolocalbypass.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ nolocalbypass()
 	run_cmd "tc -n ns1 qdisc add dev lo clsact"
 	run_cmd "tc -n ns1 filter add dev lo ingress pref 1 handle 101 proto ip flower ip_proto udp dst_port 4790 action drop"
 
-	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d link show dev vx0 | grep ' localbypass'"
+	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d -j link show dev vx0 | jq -e '.[][\"linkinfo\"][\"info_data\"][\"localbypass\"] == true'"
 	log_test $? 0 "localbypass enabled"
 
 	run_cmd "ip netns exec ns1 mausezahn vx0 -a $smac -b $dmac -c 1 -p 100 -q"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ nolocalbypass()
 
 	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 link set dev vx0 type vxlan nolocalbypass"
 
-	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d link show dev vx0 | grep 'nolocalbypass'"
+	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d -j link show dev vx0 | jq -e '.[][\"linkinfo\"][\"info_data\"][\"localbypass\"] == false'"
 	log_test $? 0 "localbypass disabled"
 
 	run_cmd "ip netns exec ns1 mausezahn vx0 -a $smac -b $dmac -c 1 -p 100 -q"
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ nolocalbypass()
 
 	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 link set dev vx0 type vxlan localbypass"
 
-	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d link show dev vx0 | grep ' localbypass'"
+	run_cmd "ip -n ns1 -d -j link show dev vx0 | jq -e '.[][\"linkinfo\"][\"info_data\"][\"localbypass\"] == true'"
 	log_test $? 0 "localbypass enabled"
 
 	run_cmd "ip netns exec ns1 mausezahn vx0 -a $smac -b $dmac -c 1 -p 100 -q"