diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 62bc9cae613c..622e89587e5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -5733,7 +5733,8 @@ const struct ethtool_ops bnxt_ethtool_ops = {
 	.op_needs_rtnl			= ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SCHANNELS |
 					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SRINGPARAM |
 					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SCOALESCE |
-					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS,
+					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS |
+					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST,
 	.supported_coalesce_params = ETHTOOL_COALESCE_USECS |
 				     ETHTOOL_COALESCE_MAX_FRAMES |
 				     ETHTOOL_COALESCE_USECS_IRQ |
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
index 0e47088ec44b..423f179c9d47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_ethtool.c
@@ -2025,7 +2025,8 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops fbnic_ethtool_ops = {
 					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SPAUSEPARAM |
 					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SCHANNELS |
 					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SRINGPARAM |
-					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK,
+					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK |
+					  ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST,
 	.get_drvinfo			= fbnic_get_drvinfo,
 	.get_regs_len			= fbnic_get_regs_len,
 	.get_regs			= fbnic_get_regs,
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 253600c0eccd..c4c9ce038611 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info {
 #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_SPAUSEPARAM	BIT(6)
 #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS		BIT(7)
 #define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK		BIT(8)
+#define ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST		BIT(9)
 
 /**
  * struct ethtool_ops - optional netdev operations
@@ -981,6 +982,7 @@ struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info {
  *	 - netdev_update_features()
  *	 - netif_set_real_num_tx_queues()
  *	 - ethtool_op_get_link() (syncs link watch under rtnl_lock)
+ *	 - netif_open() / netif_close() (used by @self_test)
  *
  * @get_drvinfo: Report driver/device information. Modern drivers no
  *	longer have to implement this callback. Most fields are
diff --git a/net/ethtool/common.h b/net/ethtool/common.h
index 4e5356e26f40..ae32e7fdb563 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/common.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/common.h
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ ethtool_ioctl_needs_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev, u32 ethcmd)
 		return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_RSS;
 	case ETHTOOL_GLINK:
 		return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_GLINK;
+	case ETHTOOL_TEST:
+		return ops->op_needs_rtnl & ETHTOOL_OP_NEEDS_RTNL_TEST;
 	}
 	return false;
 }