diff --git a/net/devlink/leftover.c b/net/devlink/leftover.c
index 491f821c8b778a61167e1a839945c7aacf923824..1e23b2da78cc9d4033a4d584e70ca53e7eec9442 100644
--- a/net/devlink/leftover.c
+++ b/net/devlink/leftover.c
@@ -5263,7 +5263,13 @@ static void devlink_param_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
 	WARN_ON(cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_NEW && cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_DEL &&
 		cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_PARAM_NEW &&
 		cmd != DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_PARAM_DEL);
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_REGISTERED(devlink);
+
+	/* devlink_notify_register() / devlink_notify_unregister()
+	 * will replay the notifications if the params are added/removed
+	 * outside of the lifetime of the instance.
+	 */
+	if (!devl_is_registered(devlink))
+		return;
 
 	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!msg)
@@ -10915,8 +10921,6 @@ int devlink_params_register(struct devlink *devlink,
 	const struct devlink_param *param = params;
 	int i, err;
 
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < params_count; i++, param++) {
 		err = devlink_param_register(devlink, param);
 		if (err)
@@ -10947,8 +10951,6 @@ void devlink_params_unregister(struct devlink *devlink,
 	const struct devlink_param *param = params;
 	int i;
 
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < params_count; i++, param++)
 		devlink_param_unregister(devlink, param);
 }
@@ -10968,8 +10970,6 @@ int devlink_param_register(struct devlink *devlink,
 {
 	struct devlink_param_item *param_item;
 
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	WARN_ON(devlink_param_verify(param));
 	WARN_ON(devlink_param_find_by_name(&devlink->param_list, param->name));
 
@@ -10985,6 +10985,7 @@ int devlink_param_register(struct devlink *devlink,
 	param_item->param = param;
 
 	list_add_tail(&param_item->list, &devlink->param_list);
+	devlink_param_notify(devlink, 0, param_item, DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_NEW);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_param_register);
@@ -10999,11 +11000,10 @@ void devlink_param_unregister(struct devlink *devlink,
 {
 	struct devlink_param_item *param_item;
 
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	param_item =
 		devlink_param_find_by_name(&devlink->param_list, param->name);
 	WARN_ON(!param_item);
+	devlink_param_notify(devlink, 0, param_item, DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_DEL);
 	list_del(&param_item->list);
 	kfree(param_item);
 }
@@ -11063,8 +11063,6 @@ int devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id,
 {
 	struct devlink_param_item *param_item;
 
-	ASSERT_DEVLINK_NOT_REGISTERED(devlink);
-
 	param_item = devlink_param_find_by_id(&devlink->param_list, param_id);
 	if (!param_item)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -11078,6 +11076,8 @@ int devlink_param_driverinit_value_set(struct devlink *devlink, u32 param_id,
 	else
 		param_item->driverinit_value = init_val;
 	param_item->driverinit_value_valid = true;
+
+	devlink_param_notify(devlink, 0, param_item, DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_NEW);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devlink_param_driverinit_value_set);