diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
index fe5607ebca80..30c7d4a46b76 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/core_priv.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct pkey_index_qp_list {
 };
 
 extern const struct attribute_group ib_dev_attr_group;
+extern bool ib_devices_shared_netns;
 
 int ib_device_register_sysfs(struct ib_device *device);
 void ib_device_unregister_sysfs(struct ib_device *device);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index e6f82f4d4108..0605208a73d3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static DEFINE_XARRAY_FLAGS(rdma_nets, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC);
  */
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(rdma_nets_rwsem);
 
-static bool ib_devices_shared_netns = true;
+bool ib_devices_shared_netns = true;
 module_param_named(netns_mode, ib_devices_shared_netns, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(netns_mode,
 		 "Share device among net namespaces; default=1 (shared)");
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
index 284e5f103fc9..49c048738f94 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy nldev_policy[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_MAX] = {
 	[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_RES_CTXN]              = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_LINK_TYPE]		= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
 				    .len = RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_ENTRY_STRLEN },
+	[RDMA_NLDEV_SYS_ATTR_NETNS_MODE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static int put_driver_name_print_type(struct sk_buff *msg, const char *name,
@@ -1312,6 +1313,34 @@ static int nldev_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int nldev_get_sys_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				    struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	struct nlattr *tb[RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_MAX];
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	int err;
+
+	err = nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, 0, tb, RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_MAX - 1,
+			  nldev_policy, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
+			RDMA_NL_GET_TYPE(RDMA_NL_NLDEV,
+					 RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_SYS_GET),
+			0, 0);
+
+	err = nla_put_u8(skb, RDMA_NLDEV_SYS_ATTR_NETNS_MODE,
+			 (u8)ib_devices_shared_netns);
+	if (err) {
+		nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
+	return skb->len;
+}
+
 static const struct rdma_nl_cbs nldev_cb_table[RDMA_NLDEV_NUM_OPS] = {
 	[RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_GET] = {
 		.doit = nldev_get_doit,
@@ -1357,6 +1386,9 @@ static const struct rdma_nl_cbs nldev_cb_table[RDMA_NLDEV_NUM_OPS] = {
 		.doit = nldev_res_get_pd_doit,
 		.dump = nldev_res_get_pd_dumpit,
 	},
+	[RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_SYS_GET] = {
+		.dump = nldev_get_sys_get_dumpit,
+	},
 };
 
 void __init nldev_init(void)
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index 5cc592728071..6af88c736073 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ enum rdma_nldev_command {
 
 	RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_PORT_GET, /* can dump */
 
-	/* 6 - 8 are free to use */
+	RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_SYS_GET, /* can dump */
+	/* 7 - 8 are free to use */
 
 	RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_RES_GET = 9, /* can dump */
 
@@ -472,6 +473,12 @@ enum rdma_nldev_attr {
 	 */
 	RDMA_NLDEV_ATTR_LINK_TYPE,		/* string */
 
+	/*
+	 * net namespace mode for rdma subsystem:
+	 * either shared or exclusive among multiple net namespaces.
+	 */
+	RDMA_NLDEV_SYS_ATTR_NETNS_MODE,		/* u8 */
+
 	/*
 	 * Always the end
 	 */