diff --git a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_mh/test_evpn_mh.py b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_mh/test_evpn_mh.py
index ec5227809e92..945c0383e776 100644
--- a/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_mh/test_evpn_mh.py
+++ b/tests/topotests/bgp_evpn_mh/test_evpn_mh.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ def config_bridge(node):
     node.run("ip link set dev bridge type bridge mcast_snooping 0")
     node.run("ip link set dev bridge type bridge vlan_stats_enabled 1")
     node.run("ip link set dev bridge up")
-    node.run("/sbin/bridge vlan add vid 1000 dev bridge")
+    node.run("/sbin/bridge vlan add vid 1000 dev bridge self")
 
 
 def config_vxlan(node, node_ip):