diff --git a/devlink/devlink.c b/devlink/devlink.c
index 852e2257..a0cd6a47 100644
--- a/devlink/devlink.c
+++ b/devlink/devlink.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static void ifname_map_free(struct ifname_map *ifname_map)
 #define DL_OPT_TRAP_NAME		BIT(30)
 #define DL_OPT_TRAP_ACTION		BIT(31)
 #define DL_OPT_TRAP_GROUP_NAME		BIT(32)
+#define DL_OPT_NETNS	BIT(33)
 
 struct dl_opts {
 	uint64_t present; /* flags of present items */
@@ -300,6 +301,8 @@ struct dl_opts {
 	const char *trap_name;
 	const char *trap_group_name;
 	enum devlink_trap_action trap_action;
+	bool netns_is_pid;
+	uint32_t netns;
 };
 
 struct dl {
@@ -1440,6 +1443,22 @@ static int dl_argv_parse(struct dl *dl, uint64_t o_required,
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			o_found |= DL_OPT_TRAP_ACTION;
+		} else if (dl_argv_match(dl, "netns") &&
+			(o_all & DL_OPT_NETNS)) {
+			const char *netns_str;
+
+			dl_arg_inc(dl);
+			err = dl_argv_str(dl, &netns_str);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+			opts->netns = netns_get_fd(netns_str);
+			if (opts->netns < 0) {
+				err = dl_argv_uint32_t(dl, &opts->netns);
+				if (err)
+					return err;
+				opts->netns_is_pid = true;
+			}
+			o_found |= DL_OPT_NETNS;
 		} else {
 			pr_err("Unknown option \"%s\"\n", dl_argv(dl));
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -1562,7 +1581,11 @@ static void dl_opts_put(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct dl *dl)
 	if (opts->present & DL_OPT_TRAP_ACTION)
 		mnl_attr_put_u8(nlh, DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_ACTION,
 				opts->trap_action);
-
+	if (opts->present & DL_OPT_NETNS)
+		mnl_attr_put_u32(nlh,
+				 opts->netns_is_pid ? DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_PID :
+						      DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_FD,
+				 opts->netns);
 }
 
 static int dl_argv_parse_put(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct dl *dl,
@@ -1623,7 +1646,7 @@ static void cmd_dev_help(void)
 	pr_err("       devlink dev eswitch show DEV\n");
 	pr_err("       devlink dev param set DEV name PARAMETER value VALUE cmode { permanent | driverinit | runtime }\n");
 	pr_err("       devlink dev param show [DEV name PARAMETER]\n");
-	pr_err("       devlink dev reload DEV\n");
+	pr_err("       devlink dev reload DEV [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ]\n");
 	pr_err("       devlink dev info [ DEV ]\n");
 	pr_err("       devlink dev flash DEV file PATH [ component NAME ]\n");
 }
@@ -2724,7 +2747,7 @@ static int cmd_dev_show(struct dl *dl)
 
 static void cmd_dev_reload_help(void)
 {
-	pr_err("Usage: devlink dev reload [ DEV ]\n");
+	pr_err("Usage: devlink dev reload DEV [ netns { PID | NAME | ID } ]\n");
 }
 
 static int cmd_dev_reload(struct dl *dl)
@@ -2740,7 +2763,7 @@ static int cmd_dev_reload(struct dl *dl)
 	nlh = mnlg_msg_prepare(dl->nlg, DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD,
 			       NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK);
 
-	err = dl_argv_parse_put(nlh, dl, DL_OPT_HANDLE, 0);
+	err = dl_argv_parse_put(nlh, dl, DL_OPT_HANDLE, DL_OPT_NETNS);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/man/man8/devlink-dev.8 b/man/man8/devlink-dev.8
index 1021ee8d..2c6acbd3 100644
--- a/man/man8/devlink-dev.8
+++ b/man/man8/devlink-dev.8
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ devlink-dev \- devlink device configuration
 .ti -8
 .BR "devlink dev reload"
 .IR DEV
+.RI "[ "
+.BI "netns { " PID " | " NAME " | " ID " }
+.RI "]"
 
 .ti -8
 .BR "devlink dev info"
@@ -167,6 +170,10 @@ If this argument is omitted all parameters supported by devlink devices are list
 .I "DEV"
 - Specifies the devlink device to reload.
 
+.BR netns
+.BI { " PID " | " NAME " | " ID " }
+- Specifies the network namespace to reload into, either by pid, name or id.
+
 .SS devlink dev info - display device information.
 Display device information provided by the driver. This command can be used
 to query versions of the hardware components or device components which