diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/rtnetlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/rtnetlink.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Test various interface configuration scenarios. Observe that configurations
+# deemed valid by mlxsw succeed, invalid configurations fail and that no traces
+# are produced. To prevent the test from passing in case traces are produced,
+# the user can set the 'kernel.panic_on_warn' and 'kernel.panic_on_oops'
+# sysctls in its environment.
+
+lib_dir=$(dirname $0)/../../../net/forwarding
+
+ALL_TESTS="
+	rif_set_addr_test
+"
+NUM_NETIFS=2
+source $lib_dir/lib.sh
+
+setup_prepare()
+{
+	swp1=${NETIFS[p1]}
+	swp2=${NETIFS[p2]}
+
+	ip link set dev $swp1 up
+	ip link set dev $swp2 up
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	pre_cleanup
+
+	ip link set dev $swp2 down
+	ip link set dev $swp1 down
+}
+
+rif_set_addr_test()
+{
+	local swp1_mac=$(mac_get $swp1)
+	local swp2_mac=$(mac_get $swp2)
+
+	RET=0
+
+	# $swp1 and $swp2 likely got their IPv6 local addresses already, but
+	# here we need to test the transition to RIF.
+	ip addr flush dev $swp1
+	ip addr flush dev $swp2
+	sleep .1
+
+	ip addr add dev $swp1 192.0.2.1/28
+	check_err $?
+
+	ip link set dev $swp1 addr 00:11:22:33:44:55
+	check_err $?
+
+	# IP address enablement should be rejected if the MAC address prefix
+	# doesn't match other RIFs.
+	ip addr add dev $swp2 192.0.2.2/28 &>/dev/null
+	check_fail $? "IP address addition passed for a device with a wrong MAC"
+	ip addr add dev $swp2 192.0.2.2/28 2>&1 >/dev/null \
+	    | grep -q mlxsw_spectrum
+	check_err $? "no extack for IP address addition"
+
+	ip link set dev $swp2 addr 00:11:22:33:44:66
+	check_err $?
+	ip addr add dev $swp2 192.0.2.2/28 &>/dev/null
+	check_err $?
+
+	# Change of MAC address of a RIF should be forbidden if the new MAC
+	# doesn't share the prefix with other MAC addresses.
+	ip link set dev $swp2 addr 00:11:22:33:00:66 &>/dev/null
+	check_fail $? "change of MAC address passed for a wrong MAC"
+	ip link set dev $swp2 addr 00:11:22:33:00:66 2>&1 >/dev/null \
+	    | grep -q mlxsw_spectrum
+	check_err $? "no extack for MAC address change"
+
+	log_test "RIF - bad MAC change"
+
+	ip addr del dev $swp2 192.0.2.2/28
+	ip addr del dev $swp1 192.0.2.1/28
+
+	ip link set dev $swp2 addr $swp2_mac
+	ip link set dev $swp1 addr $swp1_mac
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+setup_prepare
+setup_wait
+
+tests_run
+
+exit $EXIT_STATUS