diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
index f8a19f548ae9d5274a284e325ad2ded3be81a2cd..ebbd0b282432721f8b5265dab7b22bead3803304 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ cfg_veth() {
 	ip -netns "${PEER_NS}" addr add dev veth1 192.168.1.1/24
 	ip -netns "${PEER_NS}" addr add dev veth1 2001:db8::1/64 nodad
 	ip -netns "${PEER_NS}" link set dev veth1 up
-	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp_dummy
+	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp
 }
 
 run_one() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
index 820bc50f6b6871fdf99a46774e2dbb6ac1e2c1f0..fad2d1a71cac36a996b03f2bcce615212f4fa6ac 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_bench.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ run_one() {
 	ip -netns "${PEER_NS}" addr add dev veth1 2001:db8::1/64 nodad
 	ip -netns "${PEER_NS}" link set dev veth1 up
 
-	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp_dummy
+	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp
 	ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ./udpgso_bench_rx ${rx_args} -r &
 	ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ./udpgso_bench_rx -t ${rx_args} -r &
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
index 807b74c8fd80fa13d822474549325d68c143e4d0..832c738cc3c299357146e1084a4741a57a640670 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_frglist.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ run_one() {
 	ip netns exec "${PEER_NS}" ethtool -K veth1 rx-gro-list on
 
 
-	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp_dummy
+	ip -n "${PEER_NS}" link set veth1 xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp
 	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" qdisc add dev veth1 clsact
 	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 ingress prio 4 protocol ipv6 bpf object-file ../bpf/nat6to4.o section schedcls/ingress6/nat_6  direct-action
 	tc -n "${PEER_NS}" filter add dev veth1 egress prio 4 protocol ip bpf object-file ../bpf/nat6to4.o section schedcls/egress4/snat4 direct-action
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
index 6f05e06f67613d2bbabb8233581c9afec1551b58..1bcd82e1f662eea57b0c604187bbe865caca82bc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ create_ns() {
 		ip -n $BASE$ns addr add dev veth$ns $BM_NET_V4$ns/24
 		ip -n $BASE$ns addr add dev veth$ns $BM_NET_V6$ns/64 nodad
 	done
-	ip -n $NS_DST link set veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp_dummy 2>/dev/null
+	ip -n $NS_DST link set veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 create_vxlan_endpoint() {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
index 19eac3e44c0652dc3654771a29a1c8fcc607c048..430895d1a2b63e2748fc6a4f776051f79d13cdde 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/veth.sh
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ if [ $CPUS -gt 1 ]; then
 	ip netns exec $NS_SRC ethtool -L veth$SRC rx 1 tx 2 2>/dev/null
 	printf "%-60s" "bad setting: XDP with RX nr less than TX"
 	ip -n $NS_DST link set dev veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o \
-		section xdp_dummy 2>/dev/null &&\
+		section xdp 2>/dev/null &&\
 		echo "fail - set operation successful ?!?" || echo " ok "
 
 	# the following tests will run with multiple channels active
 	ip netns exec $NS_SRC ethtool -L veth$SRC rx 2
 	ip netns exec $NS_DST ethtool -L veth$DST rx 2
 	ip -n $NS_DST link set dev veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o \
-		section xdp_dummy 2>/dev/null
+		section xdp 2>/dev/null
 	printf "%-60s" "bad setting: reducing RX nr below peer TX with XDP set"
 	ip netns exec $NS_DST ethtool -L veth$DST rx 1 2>/dev/null &&\
 		echo "fail - set operation successful ?!?" || echo " ok "
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ if [ $CPUS -gt 2 ]; then
 	chk_channels "setting invalid channels nr" $DST 2 2
 fi
 
-ip -n $NS_DST link set dev veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp_dummy 2>/dev/null
+ip -n $NS_DST link set dev veth$DST xdp object ../bpf/xdp_dummy.o section xdp 2>/dev/null
 chk_gro_flag "with xdp attached - gro flag" $DST on
 chk_gro_flag "        - peer gro flag" $SRC off
 chk_tso_flag "        - tso flag" $SRC off