diff --git a/tests/net/tcp/src/main.c b/tests/net/tcp/src/main.c
index 6594039e226..4853af01d8e 100644
--- a/tests/net/tcp/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/net/tcp/src/main.c
@@ -1305,6 +1305,12 @@ static bool test_init_tcp_accept(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = net_context_listen(reply_v6_ctx, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		TC_ERROR("Context listen v6 test failed (%d)\n", ret);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	ret = net_context_accept(reply_v6_ctx, accept_v6_cb, 0,
 				 INT_TO_POINTER(AF_INET6));
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1312,6 +1318,12 @@ static bool test_init_tcp_accept(void)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	ret = net_context_listen(reply_v4_ctx, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		TC_ERROR("Context listen v4 test failed (%d)\n", ret);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	ret = net_context_accept(reply_v4_ctx, accept_v4_cb, 0,
 				 INT_TO_POINTER(AF_INET));
 	if (ret) {