diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
index 1b23662203881..68ee92eccccbc 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/simult_flows.sh
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ run_test 10 10 0 0 "balanced bwidth"
 run_test 10 10 1 25 "balanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
 
 # we still need some additional infrastructure to pass the following test-cases
-run_test 10 3 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
-run_test 10 3 1 25 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
-run_test 10 3 25 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
+run_test 15 5 0 0 "unbalanced bwidth"
+run_test 15 5 1 25 "unbalanced bwidth with unbalanced delay"
+run_test 15 5 25 1 "unbalanced bwidth with opposed, unbalanced delay"
 
 mptcp_lib_result_print_all_tap
 exit $ret