diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
index 7826f229957d..8199d9f59209 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
@@ -1173,15 +1173,14 @@ static int q6v5_mpss_load(struct q6v5 *qproc)
 		} else if (phdr->p_filesz) {
 			/* Replace "xxx.xxx" with "xxx.bxx" */
 			sprintf(fw_name + fw_name_len - 3, "b%02d", i);
-			ret = request_firmware(&seg_fw, fw_name, qproc->dev);
+			ret = request_firmware_into_buf(&seg_fw, fw_name, qproc->dev,
+							ptr, phdr->p_filesz);
 			if (ret) {
 				dev_err(qproc->dev, "failed to load %s\n", fw_name);
 				iounmap(ptr);
 				goto release_firmware;
 			}
 
-			memcpy(ptr, seg_fw->data, seg_fw->size);
-
 			release_firmware(seg_fw);
 		}