diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
index ad6b5e889d9ded..865d45842d2a88 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/mptcp.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "mptcp_bpf_rr.skel.h"
 #include "mptcp_bpf_red.skel.h"
 #include "mptcp_bpf_burst.skel.h"
+#include "mptcp_bpf_stale.skel.h"
 
 char NS_TEST[32];
 
@@ -525,6 +526,41 @@ static void test_burst(void)
 	mptcp_bpf_burst__destroy(burst_skel);
 }
 
+static void test_stale(void)
+{
+	struct mptcp_bpf_stale *stale_skel;
+	int server_fd, client_fd;
+	struct nstoken *nstoken;
+	struct bpf_link *link;
+
+	stale_skel = mptcp_bpf_stale__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(stale_skel, "bpf_stale__open_and_load"))
+		return;
+
+	link = bpf_map__attach_struct_ops(stale_skel->maps.stale);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "bpf_map__attach_struct_ops")) {
+		mptcp_bpf_stale__destroy(stale_skel);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	nstoken = sched_init("subflow", "bpf_stale");
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(nstoken, "sched_init:bpf_stale"))
+		goto fail;
+	server_fd = start_mptcp_server(AF_INET, ADDR_1, PORT_1, 0);
+	client_fd = connect_to_fd(server_fd, 0);
+
+	send_data(server_fd, client_fd, "bpf_stale");
+	ASSERT_OK(has_bytes_sent(ADDR_1), "has_bytes_sent addr_1");
+	ASSERT_GT(has_bytes_sent(ADDR_2), 0, "has_bytes_sent addr_2");
+
+	close(client_fd);
+	close(server_fd);
+fail:
+	cleanup_netns(nstoken);
+	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+	mptcp_bpf_stale__destroy(stale_skel);
+}
+
 void test_mptcp(void)
 {
 	if (test__start_subtest("base"))
@@ -541,4 +577,6 @@ void test_mptcp(void)
 		test_red();
 	if (test__start_subtest("burst"))
 		test_burst();
+	if (test__start_subtest("stale"))
+		test_stale();
 }