1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py
index 7f8200a8702b..a53ed58528d6 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tcp_client.py
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ def send(sock, s):
 
 
 serverPort = int(sys.argv[1])
-HostName = socket.gethostname()
 
 # create active socket
 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 try:
-    sock.connect((HostName, serverPort))
+    sock.connect(('localhost', serverPort))
 except socket.error as e:
     sys.exit(1)