diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond-lladdr-target.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond-lladdr-target.sh
index 89af402fabbe..78d3e0fe6604 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond-lladdr-target.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond-lladdr-target.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #  +----------------+
 #
 # We use veths instead of physical interfaces
+REQUIRE_MZ=no
+NUM_NETIFS=0
+lib_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+source "$lib_dir"/../../../net/forwarding/lib.sh
+
 sw="sw-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 host="ns-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 
@@ -26,6 +31,16 @@ cleanup()
 	ip netns del $host
 }
 
+wait_lladdr_dad()
+{
+	$@ | grep fe80 | grep -qv tentative
+}
+
+wait_bond_up()
+{
+	$@ | grep -q 'state UP'
+}
+
 trap cleanup 0 1 2
 
 ip netns add $sw
@@ -37,8 +52,8 @@ ip -n $host link add veth1 type veth peer name veth1 netns $sw
 ip -n $sw link add br0 type bridge
 ip -n $sw link set br0 up
 sw_lladdr=$(ip -n $sw addr show br0 | awk '/fe80/{print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)
-# sleep some time to make sure bridge lladdr pass DAD
-sleep 2
+# wait some time to make sure bridge lladdr pass DAD
+slowwait 2 wait_lladdr_dad ip -n $sw addr show br0
 
 ip -n $host link add bond0 type bond mode 1 ns_ip6_target ${sw_lladdr} \
 	arp_validate 3 arp_interval 1000
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ ip -n $sw link set veth1 master br0
 ip -n $sw link set veth0 up
 ip -n $sw link set veth1 up
 
-sleep 5
+slowwait 5 wait_bond_up ip -n $host link show bond0
 
 rc=0
 if ip -n $host link show bond0 | grep -q LOWER_UP; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond_topo_2d1c.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond_topo_2d1c.sh
index 0eb7edfb584c..195ef83cfbf1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond_topo_2d1c.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/bond_topo_2d1c.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ server_create()
 	ip -n ${s_ns} link set bond0 up
 	ip -n ${s_ns} addr add ${s_ip4}/24 dev bond0
 	ip -n ${s_ns} addr add ${s_ip6}/24 dev bond0
-	sleep 2
 }
 
 # Reset bond with new mode and options
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ bond_reset()
 	ip -n ${s_ns} link set bond0 up
 	ip -n ${s_ns} addr add ${s_ip4}/24 dev bond0
 	ip -n ${s_ns} addr add ${s_ip6}/24 dev bond0
-	sleep 2
+	# Wait for IPv6 address ready as it needs DAD
+	slowwait 2 ip netns exec ${s_ns} ping6 ${c_ip6} -c 1 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
 }
 
 server_destroy()
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ bond_check_connection()
 {
 	local msg=${1:-"check connection"}
 
-	sleep 2
+	slowwait 2 ip netns exec ${s_ns} ping ${c_ip4} -c 1 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
 	ip netns exec ${s_ns} ping ${c_ip4} -c5 -i 0.1 &>/dev/null
 	check_err $? "${msg}: ping failed"
 	ip netns exec ${s_ns} ping6 ${c_ip6} -c5 -i 0.1 &>/dev/null
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
index dbdd736a41d3..bf9bcd1b5ec0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/bonding/lag_lib.sh
@@ -107,13 +107,12 @@ lag_setup2x2()
 	NAMESPACES="${namespaces}"
 }
 
-# cleanup all lag related namespaces and remove the bonding module
+# cleanup all lag related namespaces
 lag_cleanup()
 {
 	for n in ${NAMESPACES}; do
 		ip netns delete ${n} >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	done
-	modprobe -r bonding
 }
 
 SWITCH="lag_node1"
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ test_bond_recovery()
 	create_bond $@
 
 	# verify connectivity
-	ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 >/dev/null 2>&1
+	slowwait 2 ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
 	check_err $? "No connectivity"
 
 	# force the links of the bond down
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ test_bond_recovery()
 	ip netns exec ${SWITCH} ip link set eth1 down
 
 	# re-verify connectivity
-	ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 >/dev/null 2>&1
+	slowwait 2 ip netns exec ${CLIENT} ping ${SWITCHIP} -c 2 -W 0.1 &> /dev/null
 
 	local rc=$?
 	check_err $rc "Bond failed to recover"