diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 644c202d284d..2dc6086e1ab5 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -339,24 +339,6 @@ int ethnl_multicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 /* GET request helpers */
 
-/**
- * struct ethnl_dump_ctx - context structure for generic dumpit() callback
- * @ops:        request ops of currently processed message type
- * @req_info:   parsed request header of processed request
- * @reply_data: data needed to compose the reply
- * @pos_ifindex: saved iteration position - ifindex
- *
- * These parameters are kept in struct netlink_callback as context preserved
- * between iterations. They are initialized by ethnl_default_start() and used
- * in ethnl_default_dumpit() and ethnl_default_done().
- */
-struct ethnl_dump_ctx {
-	const struct ethnl_request_ops	*ops;
-	struct ethnl_req_info		*req_info;
-	struct ethnl_reply_data		*reply_data;
-	unsigned long			pos_ifindex;
-};
-
 static const struct ethnl_request_ops *
 ethnl_default_requests[__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET]	= &ethnl_strset_request_ops,
@@ -540,9 +522,9 @@ static int ethnl_default_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ethnl_default_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
-				      const struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx,
-				      const struct genl_info *info)
+static int ethnl_default_dump_one(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  const struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx,
+				  const struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	void *ehdr;
 	int ret;
@@ -553,15 +535,15 @@ static int ethnl_default_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *de
 	if (!ehdr)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	ethnl_init_reply_data(ctx->reply_data, ctx->ops, dev);
 	rtnl_lock();
-	netdev_lock_ops(dev);
+	netdev_lock_ops(ctx->reply_data->dev);
 	ret = ctx->ops->prepare_data(ctx->req_info, ctx->reply_data, info);
-	netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
+	netdev_unlock_ops(ctx->reply_data->dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
-	ret = ethnl_fill_reply_header(skb, dev, ctx->ops->hdr_attr);
+	ret = ethnl_fill_reply_header(skb, ctx->reply_data->dev,
+				      ctx->ops->hdr_attr);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 	ret = ctx->ops->fill_reply(skb, ctx->req_info, ctx->reply_data);
@@ -569,11 +551,29 @@ static int ethnl_default_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *de
 out:
 	if (ctx->ops->cleanup_data)
 		ctx->ops->cleanup_data(ctx->reply_data);
-	ctx->reply_data->dev = NULL;
+
 	if (ret < 0)
 		genlmsg_cancel(skb, ehdr);
 	else
 		genlmsg_end(skb, ehdr);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int ethnl_default_dump_one_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+				      struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx,
+				      const struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ethnl_init_reply_data(ctx->reply_data, ctx->ops, dev);
+
+	if (ctx->ops->dump_one_dev)
+		ret = ctx->ops->dump_one_dev(skb, ctx, info);
+	else
+		ret = ethnl_default_dump_one(skb, ctx, info);
+
+	ctx->reply_data->dev = NULL;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ static int ethnl_default_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			dev_hold(dev);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 
+			ctx->req_info->dev = dev;
 			ret = ethnl_default_dump_one_dev(skb, dev, ctx,
 							 genl_info_dump(cb));
 
@@ -668,6 +669,12 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	ctx->reply_data = reply_data;
 	ctx->pos_ifindex = 0;
 
+	if (ctx->ops->dump_start) {
+		ret = ctx->ops->dump_start(ctx);
+		if (ret)
+			goto free_reply_data;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 free_reply_data:
@@ -683,6 +690,9 @@ static int ethnl_default_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx = ethnl_dump_context(cb);
 
+	if (ctx->ops->dump_done)
+		ctx->ops->dump_done(ctx);
+
 	kfree(ctx->reply_data);
 	kfree(ctx->req_info);
 
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 4aaa73282d6a..79fe98190c64 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -307,6 +307,26 @@ struct ethnl_reply_data {
 	struct net_device		*dev;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct ethnl_dump_ctx - context structure for generic dumpit() callback
+ * @ops:        request ops of currently processed message type
+ * @req_info:   parsed request header of processed request
+ * @reply_data: data needed to compose the reply
+ * @pos_ifindex: saved iteration position - ifindex
+ * @cmd_ctx: command-specific context to maintain across the dump.
+ *
+ * These parameters are kept in struct netlink_callback as context preserved
+ * between iterations. They are initialized by ethnl_default_start() and used
+ * in ethnl_default_dumpit() and ethnl_default_done().
+ */
+struct ethnl_dump_ctx {
+	const struct ethnl_request_ops	*ops;
+	struct ethnl_req_info		*req_info;
+	struct ethnl_reply_data		*reply_data;
+	unsigned long			pos_ifindex;
+	void				*cmd_ctx;
+};
+
 int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev);
 void ethnl_ops_complete(struct net_device *dev);
 
@@ -373,6 +393,15 @@ int ethnl_sock_priv_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u32 portid,
  *	 - 0 if no configuration has changed
  *	 - 1 if configuration changed and notification should be generated
  *	 - negative errno on errors
+ * @dump_start:
+ *	Optional callback to prepare a dump operation, should there be a need
+ *	to maintain some context across the dump.
+ * @dump_one_dev:
+ *	Optional callback to generate all messages for a given netdev. This
+ *	is relevant only when a request can produce different results for the
+ *	same netdev depending on command-specific attributes.
+ * @dump_done:
+ *	Optional callback to cleanup any context allocated in ->dump_start()
  *
  * Description of variable parts of GET request handling when using the
  * unified infrastructure. When used, a pointer to an instance of this
@@ -409,6 +438,12 @@ struct ethnl_request_ops {
 			    struct genl_info *info);
 	int (*set)(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 		   struct genl_info *info);
+
+	int (*dump_start)(struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx);
+	int (*dump_one_dev)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx,
+			    const struct genl_info *info);
+	void (*dump_done)(struct ethnl_dump_ctx *ctx);
 };
 
 /* request handlers */
