diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
index ba8d9ad60feb3298f4b41ff3f0764f372facd519..9ff345d5524b4e4d257808666f57f84bc2daef20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/health.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ int nsim_dev_health_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct devlink *devlink)
 	health->dummy_reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink,
 					       &nsim_dev_dummy_reporter_ops,
-					       0, false, health);
+					       0, true, health);
 	if (IS_ERR(health->dummy_reporter)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(health->dummy_reporter);
 		goto err_empty_reporter_destroy;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index 32cb2a159c70407327254f3cefa0d01fd55d1e15..9f97414445496cab0d95d3538ba1f0651191b21d 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"