diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
index 98a56d8bdcece2..14946d162e5378 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/dev.c
@@ -27,17 +27,21 @@ static struct dentry *nsim_dev_ddir;
 
 static int nsim_dev_debugfs_init(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 {
-	char dev_ddir_name[10];
+	char dev_ddir_name[16];
 
-	sprintf(dev_ddir_name, "%u", nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev->dev.id);
+	sprintf(dev_ddir_name, DRV_NAME "%u", nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev->dev.id);
 	nsim_dev->ddir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_ddir_name, nsim_dev_ddir);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nsim_dev->ddir))
 		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(nsim_dev->ddir) ?: -EINVAL;
+	nsim_dev->ports_ddir = debugfs_create_dir("ports", nsim_dev->ddir);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nsim_dev->ports_ddir))
+		return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(nsim_dev->ports_ddir) ?: -EINVAL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void nsim_dev_debugfs_exit(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 {
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_dev->ddir);
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ void nsim_dev_destroy(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev)
 
 int nsim_dev_init(void)
 {
-	nsim_dev_ddir = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME "_dev", NULL);
+	nsim_dev_ddir = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nsim_dev_ddir))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
index 9b4310e20129d0..eb823bd0dc393a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 
 #include "netdevsim.h"
 
-static struct dentry *nsim_ddir;
-
 static int nsim_get_port_parent_id(struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid)
 {
@@ -42,11 +40,11 @@ static int nsim_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	char dev_link_name[32];
 	int err;
 
-	ns->ddir = debugfs_create_dir(netdev_name(dev), nsim_ddir);
+	ns->ddir = debugfs_create_dir("0", ns->nsim_dev->ports_ddir);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ns->ddir))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sprintf(dev_link_name, "../../" DRV_NAME "_dev/%u",
+	sprintf(dev_link_name, "../../../" DRV_NAME "%u",
 		ns->nsim_dev->nsim_bus_dev->dev.id);
 	debugfs_create_symlink("dev", ns->ddir, dev_link_name);
 
@@ -403,13 +401,9 @@ static int __init nsim_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	nsim_ddir = debugfs_create_dir(DRV_NAME, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(nsim_ddir))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	err = nsim_dev_init();
 	if (err)
-		goto err_debugfs_destroy;
+		return err;
 
 	err = nsim_bus_init();
 	if (err)
@@ -425,8 +419,6 @@ static int __init nsim_module_init(void)
 	nsim_bus_exit();
 err_dev_exit:
 	nsim_dev_exit();
-err_debugfs_destroy:
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_ddir);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -435,7 +427,6 @@ static void __exit nsim_module_exit(void)
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&nsim_link_ops);
 	nsim_bus_exit();
 	nsim_dev_exit();
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(nsim_ddir);
 }
 
 module_init(nsim_module_init);
diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
index 17639c7c903276..e951b1ccc3f278 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ struct nsim_dev {
 	struct nsim_bus_dev *nsim_bus_dev;
 	struct nsim_fib_data *fib_data;
 	struct dentry *ddir;
+	struct dentry *ports_ddir;
 	struct bpf_offload_dev *bpf_dev;
 	bool bpf_bind_accept;
 	u32 bpf_bind_verifier_delay;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
index 91dfe876a70700..5f2e4f9e70e47c 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_offload.py
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ def _debugfs_dir_read(self, path):
 
         _, out = cmd('ls ' + path)
         for f in out.split():
+            if f == "ports":
+                continue
             p = os.path.join(path, f)
             if os.path.isfile(p):
                 _, out = cmd('cat %s/%s' % (path, f))
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ def __init__(self, link=None):
 
         self.ns = ""
 
-        self.dfs_dir = '/sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/%s' % (self.dev['ifname'])
+        self.dfs_dir = '/sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/netdevsim0/ports/0/'
         self.dev_dir = self.dfs_dir + '/dev/'
         self.dfs_refresh()
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
index b447803f3f8ae0..311f82bcbe8d07 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/rtnetlink.sh
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ kci_test_ipsec_offload()
 	srcip=192.168.123.3
 	dstip=192.168.123.4
 	dev=simx1
-	sysfsd=/sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/$dev
+	sysfsd=/sys/kernel/debug/netdevsim/netdevsim0/ports/0/
 	sysfsf=$sysfsd/ipsec
 
 	# setup netdevsim since dummydev doesn't have offload support