diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
index f44ca0ef4ae981d0f975ab4461ba6003d8c6552c..4854c659927cb03f93f96801e07975cec6caf652 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ static void a5xx_dump(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
 
 #define GPU_PAS_ID 13
 
-static int zap_shader_load_mdt(struct device *dev, const char *fwname)
+static int zap_shader_load_mdt(struct msm_gpu *gpu, const char *fwname)
 {
+	struct device *dev = &gpu->pdev->dev;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct resource r;
@@ -55,10 +56,10 @@ static int zap_shader_load_mdt(struct device *dev, const char *fwname)
 	mem_size = resource_size(&r);
 
 	/* Request the MDT file for the firmware */
-	ret = request_firmware(&fw, fwname, dev);
-	if (ret) {
+	fw = adreno_request_fw(to_adreno_gpu(gpu), fwname);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw)) {
 		DRM_DEV_ERROR(dev, "Unable to load %s\n", fwname);
-		return ret;
+		return PTR_ERR(fw);
 	}
 
 	/* Figure out how much memory we need */
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ static int a5xx_zap_shader_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	ret = zap_shader_load_mdt(&pdev->dev, adreno_gpu->info->zapfw);
+	ret = zap_shader_load_mdt(gpu, adreno_gpu->info->zapfw);
 
 	loaded = !ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_power.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_power.c
index 04aab1dcae2b12e9f52dff5d0de618e85e5f21c9..b5de2be67732777b3c90f8881e5032261ac8c75b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_power.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_power.c
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ void a5xx_gpmu_ucode_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu)
 		return;
 
 	/* Get the firmware */
-	if (request_firmware(&fw, adreno_gpu->info->gpmufw, drm->dev)) {
+	fw = adreno_request_fw(adreno_gpu, adreno_gpu->info->gpmufw);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw)) {
 		DRM_ERROR("%s: Could not get GPMU firmware. GPMU will not be active\n",
 			gpu->name);
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
index 8caa7f1f012d3c32304786b8c51defa534bcc266..54f77045ff607438222b706fbf3a596192424913 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c
@@ -64,29 +64,41 @@ int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, uint32_t param, uint64_t *value)
 	}
 }
 
-static int adreno_load_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu)
+const struct firmware *
+adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu, const char *fwname)
 {
 	struct drm_device *drm = adreno_gpu->base.dev;
+	const struct firmware *fw = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = request_firmware(&fw, fwname, drm->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(drm->dev, "failed to load %s: %d\n", fwname, ret);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	return fw;
+}
+
+static int adreno_load_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu)
+{
+	const struct firmware *fw;
+
 	if (adreno_gpu->pm4)
 		return 0;
 
-	ret = request_firmware(&adreno_gpu->pm4, adreno_gpu->info->pm4fw, drm->dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(drm->dev, "failed to load %s PM4 firmware: %d\n",
-				adreno_gpu->info->pm4fw, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	fw = adreno_request_fw(adreno_gpu, adreno_gpu->info->pm4fw);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw))
+		return PTR_ERR(fw);
+	adreno_gpu->pm4 = fw;
 
-	ret = request_firmware(&adreno_gpu->pfp, adreno_gpu->info->pfpfw, drm->dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(drm->dev, "failed to load %s PFP firmware: %d\n",
-				adreno_gpu->info->pfpfw, ret);
+	fw = adreno_request_fw(adreno_gpu, adreno_gpu->info->pfpfw);
+	if (IS_ERR(fw)) {
 		release_firmware(adreno_gpu->pm4);
 		adreno_gpu->pm4 = NULL;
-		return ret;
+		return PTR_ERR(fw);
 	}
+	adreno_gpu->pfp = fw;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
index 4d9165f29f430851219f31fa4100895e34548f2a..3eda98af546e8b3ef2608651c69f1e31fefe6fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.h
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static inline int adreno_is_a530(struct adreno_gpu *gpu)
 }
 
 int adreno_get_param(struct msm_gpu *gpu, uint32_t param, uint64_t *value);
+const struct firmware *adreno_request_fw(struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu,
+		const char *fwname);
 int adreno_hw_init(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
 uint32_t adreno_last_fence(struct msm_gpu *gpu);
 void adreno_recover(struct msm_gpu *gpu);