diff --git a/tests/bgp/test_ipv6_bgp_scale.py b/tests/bgp/test_ipv6_bgp_scale.py
index ca4a7bdce00..ea441d158a7 100644
--- a/tests/bgp/test_ipv6_bgp_scale.py
+++ b/tests/bgp/test_ipv6_bgp_scale.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 _icmp_type_generator = itertools.cycle(range(ICMP_TYPE_MIN, ICMP_TYPE_MAX + 1))
 test_results = {}
 current_test = ""
-global_icmp_type = ICMP_TYPE_MIN
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
@@ -621,7 +620,7 @@ def flapper(duthost, ptfadapter, bgp_peers_info, transient_setup, flapping_count
         prefixes,
         duthost.facts['router_mac'],
         pdp.get_mac(pdp.port_to_device(injection_port), injection_port),
-        global_icmp_type
+        icmp_type
     )
     # Downtime ratio is calculated by dividing the number of flapping neighbors by 5, from test data
     downtime_ratio = len(flapping_connections) / 5