diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
index 04e04d1ff627..b163d09a3d0d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ states, but see also :doc:`devlink-health`
 Regions may optionally support capturing a snapshot on demand via the
 ``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` netlink message. A driver wishing to allow
 requested snapshots must implement the ``.snapshot`` callback for the region
-in its ``devlink_region_ops`` structure.
+in its ``devlink_region_ops`` structure. If snapshot id is not set in
+the ``DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW`` request kernel will allocate one and send
+the snapshot information to user space. Note that receiving the snapshot
+information does not guarantee that the snapshot creation completed
+successfully, user space must check the status of the operation before
+proceeding.
 
 example usage
 -------------
@@ -45,7 +50,8 @@ example usage
     $ devlink region del pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 1
 
     # Request an immediate snapshot, if supported by the region
-    $ devlink region new pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space snapshot 5
+    $ devlink region new pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space
+    pci/0000:00:05.0/cr-space: snapshot 5
 
     # Dump a snapshot:
     $ devlink region dump pci/0000:00:05.0/fw-health snapshot 1
diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 1ec2e9fd8898..82703be1032e 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -4065,10 +4065,64 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_del(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+devlink_nl_alloc_snapshot_id(struct devlink *devlink, struct genl_info *info,
+			     struct devlink_region *region, u32 *snapshot_id)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *msg;
+	void *hdr;
+	int err;
+
+	err = __devlink_region_snapshot_id_get(devlink, snapshot_id);
+	if (err) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Failed to allocate a new snapshot id");
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_msg_alloc;
+	}
+
+	hdr = genlmsg_put(msg, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq,
+			  &devlink_nl_family, 0, DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW);
+	if (!hdr) {
+		err = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto err_put_failure;
+	}
+	err = devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, devlink);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_attr_failure;
+	err = nla_put_string(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_NAME, region->ops->name);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_attr_failure;
+	err = nla_put_u32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID, *snapshot_id);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_attr_failure;
+	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
+
+	err = genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_reply;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_attr_failure:
+	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
+err_put_failure:
+	nlmsg_free(msg);
+err_msg_alloc:
+err_reply:
+	__devlink_snapshot_id_decrement(devlink, *snapshot_id);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int
 devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
+	struct nlattr *snapshot_id_attr;
 	struct devlink_region *region;
 	const char *region_name;
 	u32 snapshot_id;
@@ -4080,11 +4134,6 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID]) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "No snapshot id provided");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	region_name = nla_data(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_NAME]);
 	region = devlink_region_get_by_name(devlink, region_name);
 	if (!region) {
@@ -4102,16 +4151,24 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
-	snapshot_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID]);
+	snapshot_id_attr = info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID];
+	if (snapshot_id_attr) {
+		snapshot_id = nla_get_u32(snapshot_id_attr);
 
-	if (devlink_region_snapshot_get_by_id(region, snapshot_id)) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "The requested snapshot id is already in use");
-		return -EEXIST;
-	}
+		if (devlink_region_snapshot_get_by_id(region, snapshot_id)) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "The requested snapshot id is already in use");
+			return -EEXIST;
+		}
 
-	err = __devlink_snapshot_id_insert(devlink, snapshot_id);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+		err = __devlink_snapshot_id_insert(devlink, snapshot_id);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	} else {
+		err = devlink_nl_alloc_snapshot_id(devlink, info,
+						   region, &snapshot_id);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	err = region->ops->snapshot(devlink, info->extack, &data);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index 9f9741444549..ad539eccddcb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
@@ -151,6 +151,19 @@ regions_test()
 
 	check_region_snapshot_count dummy post-second-delete 2
 
+	sid=$(devlink -j region new $DL_HANDLE/dummy | jq '.[][][][]')
+	check_err $? "Failed to create a new snapshot with id allocated by the kernel"
+
+	check_region_snapshot_count dummy post-first-request 3
+
+	devlink region dump $DL_HANDLE/dummy snapshot $sid >> /dev/null
+	check_err $? "Failed to dump a snapshot with id allocated by the kernel"
+
+	devlink region del $DL_HANDLE/dummy snapshot $sid
+	check_err $? "Failed to delete snapshot with id allocated by the kernel"
+
+	check_region_snapshot_count dummy post-first-request 2
+
 	log_test "regions test"
 }
 
