diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
index 04e04d1ff627..daf35427fce1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-region.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ 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.
 
 example usage
 -------------
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ 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 92afb85bad89..cf3084208724 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -4086,6 +4086,8 @@ static int
 devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink = info->user_ptr[0];
+	struct devlink_snapshot *snapshot;
+	struct nlattr *snapshot_id_attr;
 	struct devlink_region *region;
 	const char *region_name;
 	u32 snapshot_id;
@@ -4097,11 +4099,6 @@ 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) {
@@ -4119,16 +4116,25 @@ 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_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;
+		}
+	}
 
 	err = region->ops->snapshot(devlink, info->extack, &data);
 	if (err)
@@ -4138,6 +4144,27 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_snapshot_create;
 
+	if (!snapshot_id_attr) {
+		struct sk_buff *msg;
+
+		snapshot = devlink_region_snapshot_get_by_id(region,
+							     snapshot_id);
+		if (WARN_ON(!snapshot))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		msg = devlink_nl_region_notify_build(region, snapshot,
+						     DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_NEW,
+						     info->snd_portid,
+						     info->snd_seq);
+		err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(msg);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_notify;
+
+		err = genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_notify;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_snapshot_create:
@@ -4145,6 +4172,10 @@ devlink_nl_cmd_region_new(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 err_snapshot_capture:
 	__devlink_snapshot_id_decrement(devlink, snapshot_id);
 	return err;
+
+err_notify:
+	devlink_region_snapshot_del(region, snapshot);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_chunk_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index 1d15afd62941..de4b32fc4223 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ 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"
 }
 
