diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
index c71a1d9ea17b..3fa96076e8a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/core.c
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ struct mlxsw_core {
 	struct mlxsw_thermal *thermal;
 	struct mlxsw_core_port *ports;
 	unsigned int max_ports;
-	bool reload_fail;
 	bool fw_flash_in_progress;
 	unsigned long driver_priv[0];
 	/* driver_priv has to be always the last item */
@@ -1002,15 +1001,11 @@ mlxsw_devlink_core_bus_device_reload_up(struct devlink *devlink,
 					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core = devlink_priv(devlink);
-	int err;
 
-	err = mlxsw_core_bus_device_register(mlxsw_core->bus_info,
-					     mlxsw_core->bus,
-					     mlxsw_core->bus_priv, true,
-					     devlink);
-	mlxsw_core->reload_fail = !!err;
-
-	return err;
+	return mlxsw_core_bus_device_register(mlxsw_core->bus_info,
+					      mlxsw_core->bus,
+					      mlxsw_core->bus_priv, true,
+					      devlink);
 }
 
 static int mlxsw_devlink_flash_update(struct devlink *devlink,
@@ -1254,7 +1249,7 @@ void mlxsw_core_bus_device_unregister(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core,
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = priv_to_devlink(mlxsw_core);
 
-	if (mlxsw_core->reload_fail) {
+	if (devlink_is_reload_failed(devlink)) {
 		if (!reload)
 			/* Only the parts that were not de-initialized in the
 			 * failed reload attempt need to be de-initialized.
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index ab8d56d12ffd..23e4b65ec9df 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct devlink {
 	struct device *dev;
 	possible_net_t _net;
 	struct mutex lock;
+	bool reload_failed;
 	char priv[0] __aligned(NETDEV_ALIGN);
 };
 
@@ -945,6 +946,8 @@ void
 devlink_health_reporter_state_update(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter,
 				     enum devlink_health_reporter_state state);
 
+bool devlink_is_reload_failed(const struct devlink *devlink);
+
 void devlink_flash_update_begin_notify(struct devlink *devlink);
 void devlink_flash_update_end_notify(struct devlink *devlink);
 void devlink_flash_update_status_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 8da5365850cd..580b7a2e40e1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_METADATA,			/* nested */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_TRAP_GROUP_NAME,			/* string */
 
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_FAILED,			/* u8 0 or 1 */
+
 	/* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */
 
 	__DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX,
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 9e522639693d..e48680efe54a 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static int devlink_nl_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 
 	if (devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+	if (nla_put_u8(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_RELOAD_FAILED, devlink->reload_failed))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 	return 0;
@@ -2677,6 +2679,21 @@ static bool devlink_reload_supported(struct devlink *devlink)
 	return devlink->ops->reload_down && devlink->ops->reload_up;
 }
 
+static void devlink_reload_failed_set(struct devlink *devlink,
+				      bool reload_failed)
+{
+	if (devlink->reload_failed == reload_failed)
+		return;
+	devlink->reload_failed = reload_failed;
+	devlink_notify(devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_NEW);
+}
+
+bool devlink_is_reload_failed(const struct devlink *devlink)
+{
+	return devlink->reload_failed;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_is_reload_failed);
+
 static int devlink_nl_cmd_reload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
@@ -2693,7 +2710,9 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_reload(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	err = devlink->ops->reload_down(devlink, info->extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	return devlink->ops->reload_up(devlink, info->extack);
+	err = devlink->ops->reload_up(devlink, info->extack);
+	devlink_reload_failed_set(devlink, !!err);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_flash_update_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,