diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index 9de1d123f4f5dfd1882e66e56108fc274ffab850..a08c02abde1210ab07b8b8ed6dc7d2ef9607ba18 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
@@ -496,8 +496,8 @@ dummy_reporter_test()
 
 	check_reporter_info dummy healthy 3 3 10 true
 
-	echo 8192> $DEBUGFS_DIR/health/binary_len
-	check_fail $? "Failed set dummy reporter binary len to 8192"
+	echo 8192 > $DEBUGFS_DIR/health/binary_len
+	check_err $? "Failed set dummy reporter binary len to 8192"
 
 	local dump=$(devlink health dump show $DL_HANDLE reporter dummy -j)
 	check_err $? "Failed show dump of dummy reporter"