diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
index 6d88f4072..08ac9057a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ jobs:
         run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_prepare_pod
 
       - name: wait for ceph to be ready
-        run: IS_POD_NETWORK=true IS_MULTUS=true tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_ceph_to_be_ready osd_multus 2
+        run: IS_POD_NETWORK=true IS_MULTUS=true tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_ceph_to_be_ready osd 2
 
       - name: wait for ceph-csi configmap to be updated with network namespace
         run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_ceph_csi_configmap_to_be_updated
@@ -1542,6 +1542,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: wait for cephnfs to be ready
         run: IS_POD_NETWORK=true IS_MULTUS=true tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_ceph_to_be_ready nfs 1
 
+      - name: check multus connections
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh test_multus_connections
+
       - name: test ceph-csi-rbd plugin restart
         run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh test_csi_rbd_workload
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
index a921471f5..b5dbd1f45 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh
@@ -603,6 +603,14 @@ function deploy_multus_cluster() {
   kubectl create -f nfs-test.yaml
 }
 
+function test_multus_connections() {
+  EXEC='kubectl -n rook-ceph exec -t deploy/rook-ceph-tools -- ceph --connect-timeout 10'
+  # each OSD should exist on both public and cluster network
+  $EXEC osd dump | grep osd.0 | grep "192.168.20." | grep "192.168.21."
+  # MDSes should exist on public network and NOT on cluster network
+  $EXEC fs dump | grep myfs-a | grep "192.168.20." | grep -v "192.168.21."
+}
+
 function create_operator_toolbox() {
   cd deploy/examples
   sed -i "s|image: rook/ceph:.*|image: rook/ceph:local-build|g" toolbox-operator-image.yaml
diff --git a/tests/scripts/validate_cluster.sh b/tests/scripts/validate_cluster.sh
index c918ed119..306a1eece 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/validate_cluster.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/validate_cluster.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OSD_COUNT=$2
 #############
 EXEC_COMMAND="kubectl -n rook-ceph exec $(kubectl get pod -l app=rook-ceph-tools -n rook-ceph -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}') -- ceph --connect-timeout 10"
 
-function wait_for_daemon () {
+function wait_for_daemon() {
   timeout=90
   daemon_to_test=$1
   while [ $timeout -ne 0 ]; do
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function test_demo_osd {
 }
 
 function test_demo_rgw {
-    timeout 360 bash -x <<-'EOF'
+  timeout 360 bash -x <<-'EOF'
     until [[ "$(kubectl -n rook-ceph get pods -l app=rook-ceph-rgw -o 'jsonpath={..status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}')" == "True" ]]; do
       echo "waiting for rgw pods to be ready"
       sleep 5
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function test_demo_rbd_mirror {
 
 function test_demo_fs_mirror {
   # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    return $(wait_for_daemon "$EXEC_COMMAND -s | grep -sq 'cephfs-mirror:'")
+  return $(wait_for_daemon "$EXEC_COMMAND -s | grep -sq 'cephfs-mirror:'")
 }
 
 function test_demo_pool {
@@ -127,13 +127,6 @@ function test_nfs {
 EOF
 }
 
-function test_multus_osd {
-  for i in $(seq 1 2); do
-    kubectl -n rook-ceph exec -t deploy/rook-ceph-osd-0 -c osd -- grep net"$i" /proc/net/dev
-    kubectl -n rook-ceph exec -t deploy/rook-ceph-osd-0 -c osd -- grep net"$i" /proc/net/dev
-  done
-}
-
 ########
 # MAIN #
 ########
@@ -148,7 +141,7 @@ else
   comma_to_space=${DAEMON_TO_VALIDATE//,/ }
 
   # transform to an array
-  IFS=" " read -r -a array <<< "$comma_to_space"
+  IFS=" " read -r -a array <<<"$comma_to_space"
 
   # sort and remove potential duplicate
   daemons_list=$(echo "${array[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u | tr '\n' ' ')
@@ -156,39 +149,35 @@ fi
 
 for daemon in $daemons_list; do
   case "$daemon" in
-    mon)
-      continue
-      ;;
-    mgr)
-      continue
-      ;;
-    osd)
-      test_demo_osd
-      ;;
-    osd_multus)
-      test_demo_osd
-      test_multus_osd
-      ;;
-    mds)
-      test_demo_mds
-      ;;
-    rgw)
-      test_demo_rgw
-      ;;
-    rbd_mirror)
-      test_demo_rbd_mirror
-      ;;
-    fs_mirror)
-      test_demo_fs_mirror
-      ;;
-    nfs)
-      test_nfs
-      ;;
-    *)
-      log "ERROR: unknown daemon to validate!"
-      log "Available daemon are: mon mgr osd mds rgw rbd_mirror fs_mirror"
-      exit 1
-      ;;
+  mon)
+    continue
+    ;;
+  mgr)
+    continue
+    ;;
+  osd)
+    test_demo_osd
+    ;;
+  mds)
+    test_demo_mds
+    ;;
+  rgw)
+    test_demo_rgw
+    ;;
+  rbd_mirror)
+    test_demo_rbd_mirror
+    ;;
+  fs_mirror)
+    test_demo_fs_mirror
+    ;;
+  nfs)
+    test_nfs
+    ;;
+  *)
+    log "ERROR: unknown daemon to validate!"
+    log "Available daemon are: mon mgr osd mds rgw rbd_mirror fs_mirror"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
   esac
 done