diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 79b8df41bea3..8c5ddffd707d 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -782,9 +782,10 @@ static int devlink_nl_port_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 			devlink_port->desired_type))
 		goto nla_put_failure_type_locked;
 	if (devlink_port->type == DEVLINK_PORT_TYPE_ETH) {
+		struct net *net = devlink_net(devlink_port->devlink);
 		struct net_device *netdev = devlink_port->type_dev;
 
-		if (netdev &&
+		if (netdev && net_eq(net, dev_net(netdev)) &&
 		    (nla_put_u32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_NETDEV_IFINDEX,
 				 netdev->ifindex) ||
 		     nla_put_string(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_PORT_NETDEV_NAME,