diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
index 8e09a52a9c06c..a812beb463257 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void bnxt_dl_fw_reporters_create(struct bnxt *bp)
 	health->fw_reset_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(bp->dl,
 					       &bnxt_dl_fw_reset_reporter_ops,
-					       0, true, bp);
+					       0, bp);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->fw_reset_reporter)) {
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Failed to create FW fatal health reporter, rc = %ld\n",
 			    PTR_ERR(health->fw_reset_reporter));
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void bnxt_dl_fw_reporters_create(struct bnxt *bp)
 		health->fw_reporter =
 			devlink_health_reporter_create(bp->dl,
 						       &bnxt_dl_fw_reporter_ops,
-						       0, false, bp);
+						       0, bp);
 		if (IS_ERR(health->fw_reporter)) {
 			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Failed to create FW health reporter, rc = %ld\n",
 				    PTR_ERR(health->fw_reporter));
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void bnxt_dl_fw_reporters_create(struct bnxt *bp)
 	health->fw_fatal_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(bp->dl,
 					       &bnxt_dl_fw_fatal_reporter_ops,
-					       0, true, bp);
+					       0, bp);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->fw_fatal_reporter)) {
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Failed to create FW fatal health reporter, rc = %ld\n",
 			    PTR_ERR(health->fw_fatal_reporter));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_rx.c
index af77c86c9aea4..c209579fc213b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_rx.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ int mlx5e_reporter_rx_create(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	reporter = devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink,
 						  &mlx5_rx_reporter_ops,
 						  MLX5E_REPORTER_RX_GRACEFUL_PERIOD,
-						  true, priv);
+						  priv);
 	if (IS_ERR(reporter)) {
 		netdev_warn(priv->netdev, "Failed to create rx reporter, err = %ld\n",
 			    PTR_ERR(reporter));
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
index 2028ce9b151fc..9805fc0855124 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/reporter_tx.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int mlx5e_reporter_tx_create(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 	reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink, &mlx5_tx_reporter_ops,
 					       MLX5_REPORTER_TX_GRACEFUL_PERIOD,
-					       true, priv);
+					       priv);
 	if (IS_ERR(reporter)) {
 		netdev_warn(priv->netdev,
 			    "Failed to create tx reporter, err = %ld\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
index d9f4e8c59c1fb..fa1665caac462 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static void mlx5_fw_reporters_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 	health->fw_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink, &mlx5_fw_reporter_ops,
-					       0, false, dev);
+					       0, dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->fw_reporter))
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "Failed to create fw reporter, err = %ld\n",
 			       PTR_ERR(health->fw_reporter));
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void mlx5_fw_reporters_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink,
 					       &mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_ops,
 					       MLX5_REPORTER_FW_GRACEFUL_PERIOD,
-					       true, dev);
+					       dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->fw_fatal_reporter))
 		mlx5_core_warn(dev, "Failed to create fw fatal reporter, err = %ld\n",
 			       PTR_ERR(health->fw_fatal_reporter));
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
index ba8d9ad60feb3..62958b238d507 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
@@ -271,14 +271,14 @@ int nsim_dev_health_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct devlink *devlink)
 	health->empty_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink,
 					       &nsim_dev_empty_reporter_ops,
-					       0, false, health);
+					       0, health);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->empty_reporter))
 		return PTR_ERR(health->empty_reporter);
 
 	health->dummy_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink,
 					       &nsim_dev_dummy_reporter_ops,
-					       0, false, health);
+					       0, health);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->dummy_reporter)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(health->dummy_reporter);
 		goto err_empty_reporter_destroy;
diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
index 3be50346c69bc..3f5cf62e4de82 100644
--- a/include/net/devlink.h
+++ b/include/net/devlink.h
@@ -1040,8 +1040,7 @@ int devlink_fmsg_binary_pair_put(struct devlink_fmsg *fmsg, const char *name,
 struct devlink_health_reporter *
 devlink_health_reporter_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 			       const struct devlink_health_reporter_ops *ops,
-			       u64 graceful_period, bool auto_recover,
-			       void *priv);
+			       u64 graceful_period, void *priv);
 void
 devlink_health_reporter_destroy(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index dfdffc42e87d4..e7891d1d2ebd9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_FD,			/* u32 */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_PID,			/* u32 */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_ID,			/* u32 */
+
+	DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP,	/* u8 */
 	/* 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 5b968d2040a57..85c7887356f6e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -5089,6 +5089,7 @@ struct devlink_health_reporter {
 	struct mutex dump_lock; /* lock parallel read/write from dump buffers */
 	u64 graceful_period;
 	bool auto_recover;
+	bool auto_dump;
 	u8 health_state;
 	u64 dump_ts;
 	u64 dump_real_ts;
@@ -5124,14 +5125,12 @@ devlink_health_reporter_find_by_name(struct devlink *devlink,
  *	@devlink: devlink
  *	@ops: ops
  *	@graceful_period: to avoid recovery loops, in msecs
- *	@auto_recover: auto recover when error occurs
  *	@priv: priv
  */
 struct devlink_health_reporter *
 devlink_health_reporter_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 			       const struct devlink_health_reporter_ops *ops,
-			       u64 graceful_period, bool auto_recover,
-			       void *priv)
+			       u64 graceful_period, void *priv)
 {
 	struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter;
 
@@ -5141,8 +5140,7 @@ devlink_health_reporter_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (WARN_ON(auto_recover && !ops->recover) ||
-	    WARN_ON(graceful_period && !ops->recover)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(graceful_period && !ops->recover)) {
 		reporter = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		goto unlock;
 	}
@@ -5157,7 +5155,8 @@ devlink_health_reporter_create(struct devlink *devlink,
 	reporter->ops = ops;
 	reporter->devlink = devlink;
 	reporter->graceful_period = graceful_period;
-	reporter->auto_recover = auto_recover;
+	reporter->auto_recover = !!ops->recover;
+	reporter->auto_dump = !!ops->dump;
 	mutex_init(&reporter->dump_lock);
 	refcount_set(&reporter->refcount, 1);
 	list_add_tail(&reporter->list, &devlink->reporter_list);
@@ -5238,6 +5237,10 @@ devlink_nl_health_reporter_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	    nla_put_u64_64bit(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_DUMP_TS_NS,
 			      reporter->dump_real_ts, DEVLINK_ATTR_PAD))
 		goto reporter_nest_cancel;
+	if (reporter->ops->dump &&
+	    nla_put_u8(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP,
+		       reporter->auto_dump))
+		goto reporter_nest_cancel;
 
 	nla_nest_end(msg, reporter_attr);
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
@@ -5384,10 +5387,12 @@ int devlink_health_report(struct devlink_health_reporter *reporter,
 
 	reporter->health_state = DEVLINK_HEALTH_REPORTER_STATE_ERROR;
 
-	mutex_lock(&reporter->dump_lock);
-	/* store current dump of current error, for later analysis */
-	devlink_health_do_dump(reporter, priv_ctx, NULL);
-	mutex_unlock(&reporter->dump_lock);
+	if (reporter->auto_dump) {
+		mutex_lock(&reporter->dump_lock);
+		/* store current dump of current error, for later analysis */
+		devlink_health_do_dump(reporter, priv_ctx, NULL);
+		mutex_unlock(&reporter->dump_lock);
+	}
 
 	if (reporter->auto_recover)
 		return devlink_health_reporter_recover(reporter,
@@ -5561,6 +5566,11 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_health_reporter_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	if (!reporter->ops->dump &&
+	    info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP]) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_GRACEFUL_PERIOD])
 		reporter->graceful_period =
@@ -5570,6 +5580,10 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_health_reporter_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		reporter->auto_recover =
 			nla_get_u8(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_RECOVER]);
 
+	if (info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP])
+		reporter->auto_dump =
+		nla_get_u8(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP]);
+
 	devlink_health_reporter_put(reporter);
 	return 0;
 out:
@@ -6316,6 +6330,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy devlink_nl_policy[DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_PID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_FD] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_ID] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[DEVLINK_ATTR_HEALTH_REPORTER_AUTO_DUMP] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static const struct genl_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index 32cb2a159c704..9f97414445496 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@ dummy_reporter_test()
 {
 	RET=0
 
+	check_reporter_info dummy healthy 0 0 0 true
+
+	devlink health set $DL_HANDLE reporter dummy auto_recover false
+	check_err $? "Failed to dummy reporter auto_recover option"
+
 	check_reporter_info dummy healthy 0 0 0 false
 
 	local BREAK_MSG="foo bar"