diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/csum.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/csum.c
index e0a34e5e8dd5..27437590eeb5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/csum.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/lib/csum.c
@@ -675,22 +675,20 @@ static int recv_verify_packet_ipv6(void *nh, int len)
 {
 	struct ipv6hdr *ip6h = nh;
 	uint16_t proto = cfg_encap ? IPPROTO_UDP : cfg_proto;
-	uint16_t ip_len;
+	uint16_t payload_len;
 
 	if (len < sizeof(*ip6h) || ip6h->nexthdr != proto)
 		return -1;
 
-	ip_len = ntohs(ip6h->payload_len);
-	if (ip_len > len - sizeof(*ip6h))
+	payload_len = ntohs(ip6h->payload_len);
+	if (payload_len > len - sizeof(*ip6h))
 		return -1;
 
-	len = ip_len;
 	iph_addr_p = &ip6h->saddr;
-
 	if (proto == IPPROTO_TCP)
-		return recv_verify_packet_tcp(ip6h + 1, len);
+		return recv_verify_packet_tcp(ip6h + 1, payload_len);
 	else
-		return recv_verify_packet_udp(ip6h + 1, len);
+		return recv_verify_packet_udp(ip6h + 1, payload_len);
 }
 
 /* return whether auxdata includes TP_STATUS_CSUM_VALID */