diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_ktls.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_ktls.c
index 2d0796314862..2f0088a4cc7f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_ktls.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/sockmap_ktls.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
 #include "test_progs.h"
+#include "network_helpers.h"
 
 #define MAX_TEST_NAME 80
 #define TCP_ULP 31
@@ -35,26 +36,16 @@ static int disconnect(int fd)
 /* Disconnect (unhash) a kTLS socket after removing it from sockmap. */
 static void test_sockmap_ktls_disconnect_after_delete(int family, int map)
 {
-	struct sockaddr_storage addr = {0};
-	socklen_t len = sizeof(addr);
 	int err, cli, srv, zero = 0;
 
 	srv = tcp_server(family);
 	if (srv == -1)
 		return;
 
-	err = getsockname(srv, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, &len);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "getsockopt"))
-		goto close_srv;
-
-	cli = socket(family, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-	if (!ASSERT_GE(cli, 0, "socket"))
+	cli = connect_to_fd(srv, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_GE(cli, 0, "connect_to_fd"))
 		goto close_srv;
 
-	err = connect(cli, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, len);
-	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "connect"))
-		goto close_cli;
-
 	err = bpf_map_update_elem(map, &zero, &cli, 0);
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "bpf_map_update_elem"))
 		goto close_cli;