diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
index 60a7009ce1b594..3896bb84ebf1aa 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/diag.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ flush_pids()
 
 	ip netns pids "${ns}" | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -SIGUSR1 &>/dev/null
 
-	for _ in $(seq 10); do
+	for _ in $(seq $((timeout_poll * 10))); do
 		[ -z "$(ip netns pids "${ns}")" ] && break
 		sleep 0.1
 	done
@@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ chk_msk_nr()
 	__chk_msk_nr "grep -c token:" "$@"
 }
 
+chk_listener_nr()
+{
+	local expected=$1
+	local msg="$2"
+
+	__chk_nr "ss -inmlHMON $ns | wc -l" "$expected" "$msg - mptcp" 0
+	__chk_nr "ss -inmlHtON $ns | wc -l" "$expected" "$msg - subflows"
+}
+
 wait_msk_nr()
 {
 	local condition="grep -c token:"
@@ -279,5 +288,24 @@ flush_pids
 chk_msk_inuse 0 "many->0"
 chk_msk_cestab 0 "many->0"
 
+chk_listener_nr 0 "no listener sockets"
+NR_SERVERS=100
+for I in $(seq 1 $NR_SERVERS); do
+	ip netns exec $ns ./mptcp_connect -p $((I + 20001)) \
+		-t ${timeout_poll} -l 0.0.0.0 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+done
+
+for I in $(seq 1 $NR_SERVERS); do
+	mptcp_lib_wait_local_port_listen $ns $((I + 20001))
+done
+
+chk_listener_nr $NR_SERVERS "many listener sockets"
+
+# gracefull termination
+for I in $(seq 1 $NR_SERVERS); do
+	echo a | ip netns exec $ns ./mptcp_connect -p $((I + 20001)) 127.0.0.1 2>&1 >/dev/null &
+done
+flush_pids
+
 mptcp_lib_result_print_all_tap
 exit $ret