diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index 68668a22b9dd..dc3ff0e20944 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -858,8 +858,7 @@ nsim_dev_devlink_trap_policer_counter_get(struct devlink *devlink,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	cnt = &nsim_dev->trap_data->trap_policers_cnt_arr[policer->id - 1];
-	*p_drops = *cnt;
-	*cnt += jiffies % 64;
+	*p_drops = (*cnt)++;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_trap.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_trap.sh
index dbd1e014ba17..da49ad2761b5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_trap.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_trap.sh
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ trap_policer_test()
 	local packets_t0
 	local packets_t1
 
+	RET=0
+
 	if [ $(devlink_trap_policers_num_get) -eq 0 ]; then
 		check_err 1 "Failed to dump policers"
 	fi
@@ -328,6 +330,8 @@ trap_group_check_policer()
 
 trap_policer_bind_test()
 {
+	RET=0
+
 	devlink trap group set $DEVLINK_DEV group l2_drops policer 1
 	check_err $? "Failed to bind a valid policer"
 	if [ $(devlink_trap_group_policer_get "l2_drops") -ne 1 ]; then