diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
index 5175a42cbe8a212e338b8e6242a36427c9d86113..7e7ed6c558da9ef2a025c1d5a38754c56fa4417c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/amt.sh
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ readonly LISTENER=$(mktemp -u listener-XXXXXXXX)
 readonly GATEWAY=$(mktemp -u gateway-XXXXXXXX)
 readonly RELAY=$(mktemp -u relay-XXXXXXXX)
 readonly SOURCE=$(mktemp -u source-XXXXXXXX)
+readonly SMCROUTEDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 ERR=4
 err=0
 
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ exit_cleanup()
 	for ns in "$@"; do
 		ip netns delete "${ns}" 2>/dev/null || true
 	done
+	if [ -f "$SMCROUTEDIR/amt.pid" ]; then
+		smcpid=$(< $SMCROUTEDIR/amt.pid)
+		kill $smcpid
+	fi
+	rm -rf $SMCROUTEDIR
 
 	exit $ERR
 }
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ setup_iptables()
 
 setup_mcast_routing()
 {
-	ip netns exec "${RELAY}" smcrouted
+	ip netns exec "${RELAY}" smcrouted -P $SMCROUTEDIR/amt.pid
 	ip netns exec "${RELAY}" smcroutectl a relay_src \
 		172.17.0.2 239.0.0.1 amtr
 	ip netns exec "${RELAY}" smcroutectl a relay_src \