diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
index a105c0cd008a..19463230ece5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.c
@@ -386,28 +386,51 @@ char *ping_command(int family)
 	return "ping";
 }
 
+int get_cur_netns(void)
+{
+	int nsfd;
+
+	nsfd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
+	ASSERT_GE(nsfd, 0, "open /proc/self/ns/net");
+	return nsfd;
+}
+
+int get_netns(const char *name)
+{
+	char nspath[PATH_MAX];
+	int nsfd;
+
+	snprintf(nspath, sizeof(nspath), "%s/%s", "/var/run/netns", name);
+	nsfd = open(nspath, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
+	ASSERT_GE(nsfd, 0, "open /proc/self/ns/net");
+	return nsfd;
+}
+
+int set_netns(int netns_fd)
+{
+	return setns(netns_fd, CLONE_NEWNET);
+}
+
 struct nstoken {
 	int orig_netns_fd;
 };
 
 struct nstoken *open_netns(const char *name)
 {
+	struct nstoken *token;
 	int nsfd;
-	char nspath[PATH_MAX];
 	int err;
-	struct nstoken *token;
 
 	token = calloc(1, sizeof(struct nstoken));
 	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(token, "malloc token"))
 		return NULL;
 
-	token->orig_netns_fd = open("/proc/self/ns/net", O_RDONLY);
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(token->orig_netns_fd, 0, "open /proc/self/ns/net"))
+	token->orig_netns_fd = get_cur_netns();
+	if (token->orig_netns_fd < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
-	snprintf(nspath, sizeof(nspath), "%s/%s", "/var/run/netns", name);
-	nsfd = open(nspath, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(nsfd, 0, "open netns fd"))
+	nsfd = get_netns(name);
+	if (nsfd < 0)
 		goto fail;
 
 	err = setns(nsfd, CLONE_NEWNET);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h
index 694185644da6..b18b9619595c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/network_helpers.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ int make_sockaddr(int family, const char *addr_str, __u16 port,
 char *ping_command(int family);
 int get_socket_local_port(int sock_fd);
 
+int get_cur_netns(void);
+int get_netns(const char *name);
 struct nstoken;
 /**
  * open_netns() - Switch to specified network namespace by name.
@@ -67,4 +69,5 @@ struct nstoken;
  */
 struct nstoken *open_netns(const char *name);
 void close_netns(struct nstoken *token);
+int set_netns(int netns_fd);
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_metadata.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_metadata.c
index 626c461fa34d..53b32a641e8e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_metadata.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_metadata.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #define UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES 4
 
-#define AF_XDP_SOURCE_PORT 1234
+#define UDP_SOURCE_PORT 1234
 #define AF_XDP_CONSUMER_PORT 8080
 
 #define UMEM_NUM 16
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 #define RX_ADDR "10.0.0.2"
 #define PREFIX_LEN "8"
 #define FAMILY AF_INET
+#define TX_NETNS_NAME "xdp_metadata_tx"
+#define RX_NETNS_NAME "xdp_metadata_rx"
+#define TX_MAC "00:00:00:00:00:01"
+#define RX_MAC "00:00:00:00:00:02"
+
+#define XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4 BIT(3)
 
 struct xsk {
 	void *umem_area;
@@ -119,90 +125,28 @@ static void close_xsk(struct xsk *xsk)
 	munmap(xsk->umem_area, UMEM_SIZE);
 }
 
-static void ip_csum(struct iphdr *iph)
+static int generate_packet_udp(void)
 {
-	__u32 sum = 0;
-	__u16 *p;
-	int i;
-
-	iph->check = 0;
-	p = (void *)iph;
-	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(*iph) / sizeof(*p); i++)
-		sum += p[i];
-
-	while (sum >> 16)
-		sum = (sum & 0xffff) + (sum >> 16);
-
-	iph->check = ~sum;
-}
-
-static int generate_packet(struct xsk *xsk, __u16 dst_port)
-{
-	struct xdp_desc *tx_desc;
-	struct udphdr *udph;
-	struct ethhdr *eth;
-	struct iphdr *iph;
-	void *data;
-	__u32 idx;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = xsk_ring_prod__reserve(&xsk->tx, 1, &idx);
-	if (!ASSERT_EQ(ret, 1, "xsk_ring_prod__reserve"))
-		return -1;
-
-	tx_desc = xsk_ring_prod__tx_desc(&xsk->tx, idx);
-	tx_desc->addr = idx % (UMEM_NUM / 2) * UMEM_FRAME_SIZE;
-	printf("%p: tx_desc[%u]->addr=%llx\n", xsk, idx, tx_desc->addr);
-	data = xsk_umem__get_data(xsk->umem_area, tx_desc->addr);
-
-	eth = data;
-	iph = (void *)(eth + 1);
-	udph = (void *)(iph + 1);
-
-	memcpy(eth->h_dest, "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02", ETH_ALEN);
-	memcpy(eth->h_source, "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01", ETH_ALEN);
-	eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
-
-	iph->version = 0x4;
-	iph->ihl = 0x5;
-	iph->tos = 0x9;
-	iph->tot_len = htons(sizeof(*iph) + sizeof(*udph) + UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES);
-	iph->id = 0;
-	iph->frag_off = 0;
-	iph->ttl = 0;
-	iph->protocol = IPPROTO_UDP;
-	ASSERT_EQ(inet_pton(FAMILY, TX_ADDR, &iph->saddr), 1, "inet_pton(TX_ADDR)");
-	ASSERT_EQ(inet_pton(FAMILY, RX_ADDR, &iph->daddr), 1, "inet_pton(RX_ADDR)");
-	ip_csum(iph);
-
-	udph->source = htons(AF_XDP_SOURCE_PORT);
-	udph->dest = htons(dst_port);
-	udph->len = htons(sizeof(*udph) + UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES);
-	udph->check = 0;
-
-	memset(udph + 1, 0xAA, UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES);
-
-	tx_desc->len = sizeof(*eth) + sizeof(*iph) + sizeof(*udph) + UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES;
-	xsk_ring_prod__submit(&xsk->tx, 1);
-
-	ret = sendto(xsk_socket__fd(xsk->socket), NULL, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT, NULL, 0);
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(ret, 0, "sendto"))
-		return ret;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void complete_tx(struct xsk *xsk)
-{
-	__u32 idx;
-	__u64 addr;
-
-	if (ASSERT_EQ(xsk_ring_cons__peek(&xsk->comp, 1, &idx), 1, "xsk_ring_cons__peek")) {
-		addr = *xsk_ring_cons__comp_addr(&xsk->comp, idx);
-
-		printf("%p: complete tx idx=%u addr=%llx\n", xsk, idx, addr);
-		xsk_ring_cons__release(&xsk->comp, 1);
-	}
+	char udp_payload[UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES];
+	struct sockaddr_in rx_addr;
+	int sock_fd, err = 0;
+
+	/* Build a packet */
+	memset(udp_payload, 0xAA, UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES);
+	rx_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(RX_ADDR);
+	rx_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+	rx_addr.sin_port = htons(UDP_SOURCE_PORT);
+
+	sock_fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(sock_fd, 0, "socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP)"))
+		return sock_fd;
+
+	err = sendto(sock_fd, udp_payload, UDP_PAYLOAD_BYTES, MSG_DONTWAIT,
+		     (void *)&rx_addr, sizeof(rx_addr));
+	ASSERT_GE(err, 0, "sendto");
+
+	close(sock_fd);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void refill_rx(struct xsk *xsk, __u64 addr)
@@ -268,7 +212,8 @@ static int verify_xsk_metadata(struct xsk *xsk)
 	if (!ASSERT_NEQ(meta->rx_hash, 0, "rx_hash"))
 		return -1;
 
-	ASSERT_EQ(meta->rx_hash_type, 0, "rx_hash_type");
+	if (!ASSERT_NEQ(meta->rx_hash_type & XDP_RSS_TYPE_L4, 0, "rx_hash_type"))
+		return -1;
 
 	xsk_ring_cons__release(&xsk->rx, 1);
 	refill_rx(xsk, comp_addr);
@@ -281,40 +226,46 @@ void test_xdp_metadata(void)
 	struct xdp_metadata2 *bpf_obj2 = NULL;
 	struct xdp_metadata *bpf_obj = NULL;
 	struct bpf_program *new_prog, *prog;
-	struct nstoken *tok = NULL;
+	int prev_netns, rx_netns, tx_netns;
 	__u32 queue_id = QUEUE_ID;
 	struct bpf_map *prog_arr;
-	struct xsk tx_xsk = {};
 	struct xsk rx_xsk = {};
 	__u32 val, key = 0;
 	int retries = 10;
 	int rx_ifindex;
-	int tx_ifindex;
 	int sock_fd;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* Setup new networking namespace, with a veth pair. */
+	/* Setup new networking namespaces, with a veth pair. */
 
-	SYS(out, "ip netns add xdp_metadata");
-	tok = open_netns("xdp_metadata");
+	SYS(out, "ip netns add " TX_NETNS_NAME);
+	SYS(out, "ip netns add " RX_NETNS_NAME);
+	prev_netns = get_cur_netns();
+	tx_netns = get_netns(TX_NETNS_NAME);
+	rx_netns = get_netns(RX_NETNS_NAME);
+	if (prev_netns < 0 || tx_netns < 0 || rx_netns < 0)
+		goto close_ns;
+
+	set_netns(tx_netns);
 	SYS(out, "ip link add numtxqueues 1 numrxqueues 1 " TX_NAME
 	    " type veth peer " RX_NAME " numtxqueues 1 numrxqueues 1");
-	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " TX_NAME " address 00:00:00:00:00:01");
-	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " RX_NAME " address 00:00:00:00:00:02");
+	SYS(out, "ip link set " RX_NAME " netns " RX_NETNS_NAME);
+
+	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " TX_NAME " address " TX_MAC);
 	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " TX_NAME " up");
-	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " RX_NAME " up");
 	SYS(out, "ip addr add " TX_ADDR "/" PREFIX_LEN " dev " TX_NAME);
-	SYS(out, "ip addr add " RX_ADDR "/" PREFIX_LEN " dev " RX_NAME);
 
+	/* Avoid ARP calls */
+	SYS(out, "ip -4 neigh add " RX_ADDR " lladdr " RX_MAC " dev " TX_NAME);
+
+	set_netns(rx_netns);
+	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " RX_NAME " address " RX_MAC);
+	SYS(out, "ip link set dev " RX_NAME " up");
+	SYS(out, "ip addr add " RX_ADDR "/" PREFIX_LEN " dev " RX_NAME);
 	rx_ifindex = if_nametoindex(RX_NAME);
-	tx_ifindex = if_nametoindex(TX_NAME);
 
 	/* Setup separate AF_XDP for TX and RX interfaces. */
 
-	ret = open_xsk(tx_ifindex, &tx_xsk);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(ret, "open_xsk(TX_NAME)"))
-		goto out;
-
 	ret = open_xsk(rx_ifindex, &rx_xsk);
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(ret, "open_xsk(RX_NAME)"))
 		goto out;
@@ -355,17 +306,16 @@ void test_xdp_metadata(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Send packet destined to RX AF_XDP socket. */
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(generate_packet(&tx_xsk, AF_XDP_CONSUMER_PORT), 0,
-		       "generate AF_XDP_CONSUMER_PORT"))
+	set_netns(tx_netns);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(generate_packet_udp(), 0, "generate UDP packet"))
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Verify AF_XDP RX packet has proper metadata. */
+	set_netns(rx_netns);
 	if (!ASSERT_GE(verify_xsk_metadata(&rx_xsk), 0,
 		       "verify_xsk_metadata"))
 		goto out;
 
-	complete_tx(&tx_xsk);
-
 	/* Make sure freplace correctly picks up original bound device
 	 * and doesn't crash.
 	 */
@@ -384,10 +334,11 @@ void test_xdp_metadata(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Send packet to trigger . */
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(generate_packet(&tx_xsk, AF_XDP_CONSUMER_PORT), 0,
-		       "generate freplace packet"))
+	set_netns(tx_netns);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(generate_packet_udp(), 0, "generate freplace packet"))
 		goto out;
 
+	set_netns(rx_netns);
 	while (!retries--) {
 		if (bpf_obj2->bss->called)
 			break;
@@ -397,10 +348,14 @@ void test_xdp_metadata(void)
 
 out:
 	close_xsk(&rx_xsk);
-	close_xsk(&tx_xsk);
 	xdp_metadata2__destroy(bpf_obj2);
 	xdp_metadata__destroy(bpf_obj);
-	if (tok)
-		close_netns(tok);
-	SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns del xdp_metadata");
+	set_netns(prev_netns);
+close_ns:
+	close(prev_netns);
+	close(tx_netns);
+	close(rx_netns);
+
+	SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns del " RX_NETNS_NAME);
+	SYS_NOFAIL("ip netns del " TX_NETNS_NAME);
 }
