diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
index a7f62ad4f6611d..2ffba45a78bf45 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/nft_trans_stress.sh
@@ -10,12 +10,20 @@
 ksft_skip=4
 
 testns=testns-$(mktemp -u "XXXXXXXX")
+tmp=""
 
 tables="foo bar baz quux"
 global_ret=0
 eret=0
 lret=0
 
+cleanup() {
+	ip netns pids "$testns" | xargs kill 2>/dev/null
+	ip netns del "$testns"
+
+	rm -f "$tmp"
+}
+
 check_result()
 {
 	local r=$1
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ];then
 	exit $ksft_skip
 fi
 
+trap cleanup EXIT
 tmp=$(mktemp)
 
 for table in $tables; do
@@ -139,11 +148,4 @@ done
 
 check_result $lret "add/delete with nftrace enabled"
 
-pkill -9 ping
-
-wait
-
-rm -f "$tmp"
-ip netns del "$testns"
-
 exit $global_ret
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/settings b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/settings
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6091b45d226baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/netfilter/settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+timeout=120