diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 3d7d58a109d8..db3958b3f094 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(rproc_dev_index);
 
 static const char * const rproc_crash_names[] = {
 	[RPROC_MMUFAULT]	= "mmufault",
+	[RPROC_WATCHDOG]	= "watchdog",
+	[RPROC_FATAL_ERROR]	= "fatal error",
 };
 
 /* translate rproc_crash_type to string */
@@ -856,12 +858,8 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	 * copy this information to device memory.
 	 */
 	loaded_table = rproc_find_loaded_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
-	if (!loaded_table) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto clean_up;
-	}
-
-	memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, tablesz);
+	if (loaded_table)
+		memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, tablesz);
 
 	/* power up the remote processor */
 	ret = rproc->ops->start(rproc);
@@ -1030,8 +1028,9 @@ static void rproc_crash_handler_work(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 
 /**
- * rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
+ * __rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
  * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ * @wait: wait for rproc registration completion
  *
  * Boot a remote processor (i.e. load its firmware, power it on, ...).
  *
@@ -1040,7 +1039,7 @@ static void rproc_crash_handler_work(struct work_struct *work)
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value otherwise.
  */
-int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
+static int __rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc, bool wait)
 {
 	const struct firmware *firmware_p;
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -1088,6 +1087,10 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
 		goto downref_rproc;
 	}
 
+	/* if rproc virtio is not yet configured, wait */
+	if (wait)
+		wait_for_completion(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
+
 	ret = rproc_fw_boot(rproc, firmware_p);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware_p);
@@ -1101,8 +1104,28 @@ unlock_mutex:
 	mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
+ * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ */
+int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	return __rproc_boot(rproc, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_boot);
 
+/**
+ * rproc_boot_nowait() - boot a remote processor
+ * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ *
+ * Same as rproc_boot() but don't wait for rproc registration completion
+ */
+int rproc_boot_nowait(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	return __rproc_boot(rproc, false);
+}
+
 /**
  * rproc_shutdown() - power off the remote processor
  * @rproc: the remote processor
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index 8041b95cb058..57e1de59bec8 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct rproc_fw_ops {
 /* from remoteproc_core.c */
 void rproc_release(struct kref *kref);
 irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc, int vq_id);
+int rproc_boot_nowait(struct rproc *rproc);
 
 /* from remoteproc_virtio.c */
 int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index e44872fb9e5e..cc91556313e1 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int rproc_virtio_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
 	}
 
 	/* now that the vqs are all set, boot the remote processor */
-	ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
+	ret = rproc_boot_nowait(rproc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "rproc_boot() failed %d\n", ret);
 		goto error;
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index 9c4e1384f636..1c457a8dd5a6 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ enum rproc_state {
 /**
  * enum rproc_crash_type - remote processor crash types
  * @RPROC_MMUFAULT:	iommu fault
+ * @RPROC_WATCHDOG:	watchdog bite
+ * @RPROC_FATAL_ERROR	fatal error
  *
  * Each element of the enum is used as an array index. So that, the value of
  * the elements should be always something sane.
@@ -373,6 +375,8 @@ enum rproc_state {
  */
 enum rproc_crash_type {
 	RPROC_MMUFAULT,
+	RPROC_WATCHDOG,
+	RPROC_FATAL_ERROR,
 };
 
 /**