diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index 0740940f41b1..2908e0a0d6e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port)
 	if (!dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	dev_net_set(dev, nsim_dev_net(nsim_dev));
 	ns = netdev_priv(dev);
 	ns->netdev = dev;
 	ns->nsim_dev = nsim_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index 702d951fe160..198ca31cec94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ struct nsim_dev {
 	struct devlink_region *dummy_region;
 };
 
+static inline struct net *nsim_dev_net(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
+{
+	return devlink_net(priv_to_devlink(nsim_dev));
+}
+
 int nsim_dev_init(void);
 void nsim_dev_exit(void);
 int nsim_dev_probe(struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev);