diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/mirror_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/mirror_lib.sh
index 878f8d53327a..00797597fcf5 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/mirror_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/mirror_lib.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mirror_test()
 	ip vrf exec $vrf_name \
 	   ${PING} ${sip:+-I $sip} $dip -c 10 -i 0.5 -w $ping_timeout \
 		   &> /dev/null
+	sleep 0.5
 	local t1=$(tc_rule_stats_get $dev $pref)
 	local delta=$((t1 - t0))
 	# Tolerate a couple stray extra packets.