diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index 1a0ff3d7747b..6aeed0c600f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ nsim_bus_dev_new(unsigned int id, unsigned int port_count)
 	nsim_bus_dev->dev.bus = &nsim_bus;
 	nsim_bus_dev->dev.type = &nsim_bus_dev_type;
 	nsim_bus_dev->port_count = port_count;
+	nsim_bus_dev->initial_net = current->nsproxy->net_ns;
 
 	err = device_register(&nsim_bus_dev->dev);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index 3f3c7cc21077..fbc4cdcfe551 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ static struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev_create(struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev)
 	devlink = devlink_alloc(&nsim_dev_devlink_ops, sizeof(*nsim_dev));
 	if (!devlink)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	devlink_net_set(devlink, nsim_bus_dev->initial_net);
 	nsim_dev = devlink_priv(devlink);
 	nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev = nsim_bus_dev;
 	nsim_dev->switch_id.id_len = sizeof(nsim_dev->switch_id.id);
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index 198ca31cec94..8168a5475fe7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ struct nsim_bus_dev {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct list_head list;
 	unsigned int port_count;
+	struct net *initial_net; /* Purpose of this is to carry net pointer
+				  * during the probe time only.
+				  */
 	unsigned int num_vfs;
 	struct nsim_vf_config *vfconfigs;
 };
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 3c9d4a063c98..4095657fc23f 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct devlink {
 	possible_net_t _net;
 	struct mutex lock;
 	bool reload_failed;
+	bool registered;
 	char priv[0] __aligned(NETDEV_ALIGN);
 };
 
@@ -772,6 +773,7 @@ static inline struct devlink *netdev_to_devlink(struct net_device *dev)
 struct ib_device;
 
 struct net *devlink_net(const struct devlink *devlink);
+void devlink_net_set(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *net);
 struct devlink *devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size);
 int devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev);
 void devlink_unregister(struct devlink *devlink);
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 0e464d071172..76d835581687 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -101,11 +101,19 @@ struct net *devlink_net(const struct devlink *devlink)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_net);
 
-static void devlink_net_set(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *net)
+static void __devlink_net_set(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *net)
 {
 	write_pnet(&devlink->_net, net);
 }
 
+void devlink_net_set(struct devlink *devlink, struct net *net)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(devlink->registered))
+		return;
+	__devlink_net_set(devlink, net);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_net_set);
+
 static struct devlink *devlink_get_from_attrs(struct net *net,
 					      struct nlattr **attrs)
 {
@@ -2750,7 +2758,7 @@ static void devlink_reload_netns_change(struct devlink *devlink,
 				     DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_DEL);
 	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_DEL);
 
-	devlink_net_set(devlink, dest_net);
+	__devlink_net_set(devlink, dest_net);
 
 	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
 	list_for_each_entry(param_item, &devlink->param_list, list)
@@ -6278,7 +6286,7 @@ struct devlink *devlink_alloc(const struct devlink_ops *ops, size_t priv_size)
 	if (!devlink)
 		return NULL;
 	devlink->ops = ops;
-	devlink_net_set(devlink, &init_net);
+	__devlink_net_set(devlink, &init_net);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&devlink->port_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&devlink->sb_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD_RCU(&devlink->dpipe_table_list);
@@ -6304,6 +6312,7 @@ int devlink_register(struct devlink *devlink, struct device *dev)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	devlink->dev = dev;
+	devlink->registered = true;
 	list_add_tail(&devlink->list, &devlink_list);
 	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink_mutex);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_in_netns.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_in_netns.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7effd35369e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink_in_netns.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+lib_dir=$(dirname $0)/../../../net/forwarding
+
+ALL_TESTS="check_devlink_test check_ports_test"
+NUM_NETIFS=0
+source $lib_dir/lib.sh
+
+BUS_ADDR=10
+PORT_COUNT=4
+DEV_NAME=netdevsim$BUS_ADDR
+SYSFS_NET_DIR=/sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/$DEV_NAME/net/
+DL_HANDLE=netdevsim/$DEV_NAME
+NETNS_NAME=testns1
+
+port_netdev_get()
+{
+	local port_index=$1
+
+	cmd_jq "devlink -N $NETNS_NAME port show -j" \
+	       ".[][\"$DL_HANDLE/$port_index\"].netdev" "-e"
+}
+
+check_ports_test()
+{
+	RET=0
+
+	for i in $(seq 0 $(expr $PORT_COUNT - 1)); do
+		netdev_name=$(port_netdev_get $i)
+		check_err $? "Failed to get netdev name for port $DL_HANDLE/$i"
+		ip -n $NETNS_NAME link show $netdev_name &> /dev/null
+		check_err $? "Failed to find netdev $netdev_name"
+	done
+
+	log_test "check ports test"
+}
+
+check_devlink_test()
+{
+	RET=0
+
+	devlink -N $NETNS_NAME dev show $DL_HANDLE &> /dev/null
+	check_err $? "Failed to show devlink instance"
+
+	log_test "check devlink test"
+}
+
+setup_prepare()
+{
+	modprobe netdevsim
+	ip netns add $NETNS_NAME
+	ip netns exec $NETNS_NAME \
+		echo "$BUS_ADDR $PORT_COUNT" > /sys/bus/netdevsim/new_device
+	while [ ! -d $SYSFS_NET_DIR ] ; do :; done
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	pre_cleanup
+	echo "$BUS_ADDR" > /sys/bus/netdevsim/del_device
+	ip netns del $NETNS_NAME
+	modprobe -r netdevsim
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+setup_prepare
+
+tests_run
+
+exit $EXIT_STATUS
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
index 85c587a03c8a..8b48ec54d058 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/lib.sh
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ cmd_jq()
 {
 	local cmd=$1
 	local jq_exp=$2
+	local jq_opts=$3
 	local ret
 	local output
 
@@ -263,7 +264,11 @@ cmd_jq()
 	if [[ $ret -ne 0 ]]; then
 		return $ret
 	fi
-	output=$(echo $output | jq -r "$jq_exp")
+	output=$(echo $output | jq -r $jq_opts "$jq_exp")
+	ret=$?
+	if [[ $ret -ne 0 ]]; then
+		return $ret
+	fi
 	echo $output
 	# return success only in case of non-empty output
 	[ ! -z "$output" ]