diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
index 386dbddbdc11..a028628cdd0e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-enable.tc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fail() { #msg
 }
 
 yield() {
-    ping localhost -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
+    ping 127.0.0.1 -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
 }
 
 if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
index 6dbf67544fde..6d2897f6a106 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/event-pid.tc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fail() { #msg
 }
 
 yield() {
-    ping localhost -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
+    ping 127.0.0.1 -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
 }
 
 if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
index 10eb17f161b7..9f0221b39d4d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/subsystem-enable.tc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fail() { #msg
 }
 
 yield() {
-    ping localhost -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
+    ping 127.0.0.1 -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
 }
 
 if [ ! -f set_event -o ! -d events/sched ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
index 8d55a233c1a4..5f3611047d3a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/event/toplevel-enable.tc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fail() { #msg
 }
 
 yield() {
-    ping localhost -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
+    ping 127.0.0.1 -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
 }
 
 if [ ! -f available_events -o ! -f set_event -o ! -d events ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
index 970903cb7834..cd52cf6a1fc4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fail() { # msg
 }
 
 yield() {
-    ping localhost -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
+    ping 127.0.0.1 -c 1 || sleep .001 || usleep 1 || sleep 1
 }
 
 do_test() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
index 575af23df04e..59b58c77e9ce 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-field-variable-support.tc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ echo 'hist:keys=comm:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="ping"' > events/sched/
 echo 'hist:keys=next_comm:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(sched.sched_waking).wakeup_latency($wakeup_lat,next_pid,sched.sched_waking.prio,next_comm) if next_comm=="ping"' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=pid,prio,comm:vals=lat:sort=pid,prio' > events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
 
-ping localhost -c 3
+ping 127.0.0.1 -c 3
 if ! grep -q "ping" events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/hist; then
     fail "Failed to create inter-event histogram"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
index 92aef26e2631..0a7709fdfd8e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-inter-event-combined-hist.tc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ echo 'waking+wakeup_latency u64 lat; pid_t pid' >> synthetic_events
 echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat:ww_lat=$waking_lat+$wakeup_lat:onmatch(synthetic.wakeup_latency).waking+wakeup_latency($ww_lat,pid)' >> events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=pid,lat:sort=pid,lat' >> events/synthetic/waking+wakeup_latency/trigger
 
-ping localhost -c 3
+ping 127.0.0.1 -c 3
 if ! grep -q "pid:" events/synthetic/waking+wakeup_latency/hist; then
     fail "Failed to create combined histogram"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
index 1ef5dd4521f0..c5bdf8338aeb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-action-hist.tc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "Test histogram variables,simple expression support and onmatch action"
 echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="ping"' > events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency($wakeup_lat,next_pid,next_comm) if next_comm=="ping"' > events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=comm,pid,lat:wakeup_lat=lat:sort=lat' > events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
-ping localhost -c 5
+ping 127.0.0.1 -c 5
 if ! grep -q "ping" events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/hist; then
     fail "Failed to create onmatch action inter-event histogram"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
index 7234683ee5e5..47cb76bfd9c0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmatch-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo "Test histogram variables,simple expression support and onmatch-onmax actio
 echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="ping"' > events/sched/sched_wakeup/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmatch(sched.sched_wakeup).wakeup_latency($wakeup_lat,next_pid,next_comm):onmax($wakeup_lat).save(next_comm,prev_pid,prev_prio,prev_comm) if next_comm=="ping"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=comm,pid,lat:wakeup_lat=lat:sort=lat' > events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/trigger
-ping localhost -c 5
+ping 127.0.0.1 -c 5
 if [ ! grep -q "ping" events/synthetic/wakeup_latency/hist -o ! grep -q "max:" events/sched/sched_switch/hist]; then
     fail "Failed to create onmatch-onmax action inter-event histogram"
 fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
index 55b9630a1d70..6fa0c449035c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/trigger/inter-event/trigger-onmax-action-hist.tc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ echo "Test onmax action"
 
 echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="ping"' >> events/sched/sched_waking/trigger
 echo 'hist:keys=next_pid:wakeup_lat=common_timestamp.usecs-$ts0:onmax($wakeup_lat).save(next_comm,prev_pid,prev_prio,prev_comm) if next_comm=="ping"' >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger
-ping localhost -c 3
+ping 127.0.0.1 -c 3
 if ! grep -q "max:" events/sched/sched_switch/hist; then
     fail "Failed to create onmax action inter-event histogram"
 fi
