diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
index 024a0faafb3b..34d6a1e6f664 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_sockmap.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static int msg_loop(int fd, int iov_count, int iov_length, int cnt,
 		struct timeval timeout;
 		fd_set w;
 
-		fcntl(fd, fd_flags);
+		fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, fd_flags);
 		/* Account for pop bytes noting each iteration of apply will
 		 * call msg_pop_data helper so we need to account for this
 		 * by calculating the number of apply iterations. Note user