diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
index eeabd798bc3ae8..98b6b6a886ce33 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/config
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ CONFIG_MPLS=y
 CONFIG_MPLS_IPTUNNEL=y
 CONFIG_MPLS_ROUTING=y
 CONFIG_MPTCP=y
+CONFIG_NET_ACT_SKBMOD=y
+CONFIG_NET_CLS=y
 CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT=y
 CONFIG_NET_CLS_BPF=y
 CONFIG_NET_CLS_FLOWER=y
+CONFIG_NET_CLS_MATCHALL=y
 CONFIG_NET_FOU=y
 CONFIG_NET_FOU_IP_TUNNELS=y
 CONFIG_NET_IPGRE=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_links.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_links.c
index bc984114468556..1af9ec1149aab6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_links.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/tc_links.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #define ping_cmd "ping -q -c1 -w1 127.0.0.1 > /dev/null"
 
 #include "test_tc_link.skel.h"
+
+#include "netlink_helpers.h"
 #include "tc_helpers.h"
 
 void serial_test_tc_links_basic(void)
@@ -1787,6 +1789,65 @@ void serial_test_tc_links_ingress(void)
 	test_tc_links_ingress(BPF_TCX_INGRESS, false, false);
 }
 
+struct qdisc_req {
+	struct nlmsghdr  n;
+	struct tcmsg     t;
+	char             buf[1024];
+};
+
+static int qdisc_replace(int ifindex, const char *kind, bool block)
+{
+	struct rtnl_handle rth = { .fd = -1 };
+	struct qdisc_req req;
+	int err;
+
+	err = rtnl_open(&rth, 0);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "open_rtnetlink"))
+		return err;
+
+	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
+	req.n.nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct tcmsg));
+	req.n.nlmsg_flags = NLM_F_CREATE | NLM_F_REPLACE | NLM_F_REQUEST;
+	req.n.nlmsg_type = RTM_NEWQDISC;
+	req.t.tcm_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	req.t.tcm_ifindex = ifindex;
+	req.t.tcm_parent = 0xfffffff1;
+
+	addattr_l(&req.n, sizeof(req), TCA_KIND, kind, strlen(kind) + 1);
+	if (block)
+		addattr32(&req.n, sizeof(req), TCA_INGRESS_BLOCK, 1);
+
+	err = rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, NULL);
+	ASSERT_OK(err, "talk_rtnetlink");
+	rtnl_close(&rth);
+	return err;
+}
+
+void serial_test_tc_links_dev_chain0(void)
+{
+	int err, ifindex;
+
+	ASSERT_OK(system("ip link add dev foo type veth peer name bar"), "add veth");
+	ifindex = if_nametoindex("foo");
+	ASSERT_NEQ(ifindex, 0, "non_zero_ifindex");
+	err = qdisc_replace(ifindex, "ingress", true);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "attaching ingress"))
+		goto cleanup;
+	ASSERT_OK(system("tc filter add block 1 matchall action skbmod swap mac"), "add block");
+	err = qdisc_replace(ifindex, "clsact", false);
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(err, "attaching clsact"))
+		goto cleanup;
+	/* Heuristic: kern_sync_rcu() alone does not work; a wait-time of ~5s
+	 * triggered the issue without the fix reliably 100% of the time.
+	 */
+	sleep(5);
+	ASSERT_OK(system("tc filter add dev foo ingress matchall action skbmod swap mac"), "add filter");
+cleanup:
+	ASSERT_OK(system("ip link del dev foo"), "del veth");
+	ASSERT_EQ(if_nametoindex("foo"), 0, "foo removed");
+	ASSERT_EQ(if_nametoindex("bar"), 0, "bar removed");
+}
+
 static void test_tc_links_dev_mixed(int target)
 {
 	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_tc_opts, tc_opts, .handle = 1, .priority = 1);