diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/toeplitz.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/toeplitz.sh
index 0a49907cd4fe..da5bfd834eff 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/toeplitz.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/toeplitz.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ DEV="eth0"
 # This is determined by reading the RSS indirection table using ethtool.
 get_rss_cfg_num_rxqs() {
 	echo $(ethtool -x "${DEV}" |
-		egrep [[:space:]]+[0-9]+:[[:space:]]+ |
+		grep -E [[:space:]]+[0-9]+:[[:space:]]+ |
 		cut -d: -f2- |
 		awk '{$1=$1};1' |
 		tr ' ' '\n' |