diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c
index 73f6d7e72c737537f17264746b061a936b4960e5..d63cab294883b8b44caa908d5bafaeaf19750ef6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c
@@ -3996,16 +3996,13 @@ static int gfx_v10_0_init_microcode(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 	if (!amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev)) {
 		snprintf(fw_name, sizeof(fw_name), "amdgpu/%s_rlc.bin", ucode_prefix);
-		err = amdgpu_ucode_request(adev, &adev->gfx.rlc_fw, fw_name);
-		/* don't check this.  There are apparently firmwares in the wild with
-		 * incorrect size in the header
-		 */
-		if (err == -ENODEV)
-			goto out;
+		err = request_firmware(&adev->gfx.rlc_fw, fw_name, adev->dev);
 		if (err)
-			dev_dbg(adev->dev,
-				"gfx10: amdgpu_ucode_request() failed \"%s\"\n",
-				fw_name);
+			goto out;
+
+		/* don't validate this firmware. There are apparently firmwares
+		 * in the wild with incorrect size in the header
+		 */
 		rlc_hdr = (const struct rlc_firmware_header_v2_0 *)adev->gfx.rlc_fw->data;
 		version_major = le16_to_cpu(rlc_hdr->header.header_version_major);
 		version_minor = le16_to_cpu(rlc_hdr->header.header_version_minor);