diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
index a08c02abde1210..7f7d20f2220707 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/netdevsim/devlink.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ SYSFS_NET_DIR=/sys/bus/netdevsim/devices/$DEV_NAME/net/
 DEBUGFS_DIR=/sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/$DEV_NAME/
 DL_HANDLE=netdevsim/$DEV_NAME
 
+wait_for_devlink()
+{
+	"$@" | grep -q $DL_HANDLE
+}
+
+devlink_wait()
+{
+	local timeout=$1
+
+	busywait "$timeout" wait_for_devlink devlink dev
+}
+
 fw_flash_test()
 {
 	RET=0
@@ -256,6 +268,9 @@ netns_reload_test()
 	ip netns del testns2
 	ip netns del testns1
 
+	# Wait until netns async cleanup is done.
+	devlink_wait 2000
+
 	log_test "netns reload test"
 }
 
@@ -348,6 +363,9 @@ resource_test()
 	ip netns del testns2
 	ip netns del testns1
 
+	# Wait until netns async cleanup is done.
+	devlink_wait 2000
+
 	log_test "resource test"
 }