diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 9014c33d4e77bf409be507f6fb8da59edc14b2f8..0f1f3a12e23c30e511cdb332059e30ee8d3d5efb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -57,8 +57,14 @@ enum devlink_command {
 	DEVLINK_CMD_SB_OCC_SNAPSHOT,
 	DEVLINK_CMD_SB_OCC_MAX_CLEAR,
 
-	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_GET,
-	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_SET,
+	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_GET,
+#define DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_GET /* obsolete, never use this! */ \
+	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_GET
+
+	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_SET,
+#define DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_SET /* obsolete, never use this! */ \
+	DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_SET
+
 	/* add new commands above here */
 
 	__DEVLINK_CMD_MAX,
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 2b5bf9efa720a9feed9d2f187dda6ab5bf59cda0..e9c1e6acfb6d196d4373dcc36bcf76577952dd32 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -1392,9 +1392,9 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_sb_occ_max_clear_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
-static int devlink_eswitch_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
-				enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
-				u32 seq, int flags)
+static int devlink_nl_eswitch_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
+				   enum devlink_command cmd, u32 portid,
+				   u32 seq, int flags)
 {
 	const struct devlink_ops *ops = devlink->ops;
 	void *hdr;
@@ -1408,50 +1408,52 @@ static int devlink_eswitch_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct devlink *devlink,
 
 	err = devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink);
 	if (err)
-		goto out;
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	err = ops->eswitch_mode_get(devlink, &mode);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-	err = nla_put_u16(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_MODE, mode);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
+	if (ops->eswitch_mode_get) {
+		err = ops->eswitch_mode_get(devlink, &mode);
+		if (err)
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+		err = nla_put_u16(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_MODE, mode);
+		if (err)
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
 
 	if (ops->eswitch_inline_mode_get) {
 		err = ops->eswitch_inline_mode_get(devlink, &inline_mode);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 		err = nla_put_u8(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_ESWITCH_INLINE_MODE,
 				 inline_mode);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 	return 0;
 
-out:
+nla_put_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_mode_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-						struct genl_info *info)
+static int devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					   struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
 	const struct devlink_ops *ops = devlink->ops;
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	int err;
 
-	if (!ops || !ops->eswitch_mode_get)
+	if (!ops)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = devlink_eswitch_fill(msg, devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_GET,
-				   info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0);
+	err = devlink_nl_eswitch_fill(msg, devlink, DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_GET,
+				      info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0);
 
 	if (err) {
 		nlmsg_free(msg);
@@ -1461,8 +1463,8 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_mode_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
 }
 
-static int devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_mode_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
-						struct genl_info *info)
+static int devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					   struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
 	const struct devlink_ops *ops = devlink->ops;
@@ -1629,15 +1631,15 @@ static const struct genl_ops devlink_nl_ops[] = {
 				  DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_LOCK_PORTS,
 	},
 	{
-		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_GET,
-		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_mode_get_doit,
+		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_GET,
+		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_get_doit,
 		.policy = devlink_nl_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
 		.internal_flags = DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NEED_DEVLINK,
 	},
 	{
-		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_MODE_SET,
-		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_mode_set_doit,
+		.cmd = DEVLINK_CMD_ESWITCH_SET,
+		.doit = devlink_nl_cmd_eswitch_set_doit,
 		.policy = devlink_nl_policy,
 		.flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM,
 		.internal_flags = DEVLINK_NL_FLAG_NEED_DEVLINK,