diff --git a/Tethering/tests/integration/base/android/net/EthernetTetheringTestBase.java b/Tethering/tests/integration/base/android/net/EthernetTetheringTestBase.java
index 69eb58f84b..007bf23a1c 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/integration/base/android/net/EthernetTetheringTestBase.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/integration/base/android/net/EthernetTetheringTestBase.java
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ public abstract class EthernetTetheringTestBase {
         }
     }
 
+    protected void stopEthernetTethering(final MyTetheringEventCallback callback) {
+        runAsShell(TETHER_PRIVILEGED, () -> {
+            mTm.stopTethering(TETHERING_ETHERNET);
+            maybeUnregisterTetheringEventCallback(callback);
+        });
+    }
+
     protected void cleanUp() throws Exception {
         setPreferTestNetworks(false);
 
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/integration/src/android/net/EthernetTetheringTest.java b/Tethering/tests/integration/src/android/net/EthernetTetheringTest.java
index 12ac454f13..55854e273f 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/integration/src/android/net/EthernetTetheringTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/integration/src/android/net/EthernetTetheringTest.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class EthernetTetheringTest extends EthernetTetheringTestBase {
             // Enable Ethernet tethering and check that it starts.
             tetheringEventCallback = enableEthernetTethering(iface, null /* any upstream */);
         } finally {
-            maybeUnregisterTetheringEventCallback(tetheringEventCallback);
+            stopEthernetTethering(tetheringEventCallback);
         }
         // There is nothing more we can do on a physical interface without connecting an actual
         // client, which is not possible in this test.