diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 453958892a69b..4f5105f575213 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ static inline bool fw_is_builtin_firmware(const struct firmware *fw)
 }
 #endif
 
-enum {
+enum fw_status {
+	FW_STATUS_UNKNOWN,
 	FW_STATUS_LOADING,
 	FW_STATUS_DONE,
-	FW_STATUS_ABORT,
+	FW_STATUS_ABORTED,
 };
 
 static int loading_timeout = 60;	/* In seconds */
@@ -104,6 +105,76 @@ static inline long firmware_loading_timeout(void)
 	return loading_timeout > 0 ? loading_timeout * HZ : MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Concurrent request_firmware() for the same firmware need to be
+ * serialized.  struct fw_state is simple state machine which hold the
+ * state of the firmware loading.
+ */
+struct fw_state {
+	struct completion completion;
+	unsigned long status;
+};
+
+static void fw_state_init(struct fw_state *fw_st)
+{
+	init_completion(&fw_st->completion);
+	fw_st->status = FW_STATUS_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+static int __fw_state_check(struct fw_state *fw_st, enum fw_status status)
+{
+	return test_bit(status, &fw_st->status);
+}
+
+static long __fw_state_wait_common(struct fw_state *fw_st, long timeout)
+{
+	long ret;
+
+	ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&fw_st->completion,
+							timeout);
+	if (ret != 0 && test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORTED, &fw_st->status))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __fw_state_set(struct fw_state *fw_st,
+			   enum fw_status status)
+{
+	set_bit(status, &fw_st->status);
+
+	if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED) {
+		clear_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_st->status);
+		complete_all(&fw_st->completion);
+	}
+}
+
+#define fw_state_start(fw_st)					\
+	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_LOADING)
+#define fw_state_done(fw_st)					\
+	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_DONE)
+#define fw_state_is_done(fw_st)					\
+	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_DONE)
+#define fw_state_wait(fw_st)					\
+	__fw_state_wait_common(fw_st, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+
+#define fw_state_is_aborted(fw_st)	false
+
+#else /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
+
+#define fw_state_aborted(fw_st)					\
+	__fw_state_set(fw_st, FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
+#define fw_state_is_loading(fw_st)				\
+	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_LOADING)
+#define fw_state_is_aborted(fw_st)				\
+	__fw_state_check(fw_st, FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
+#define fw_state_wait_timeout(fw_st, timeout)			\
+	__fw_state_wait_common(fw_st, timeout)
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
+
 /* firmware behavior options */
 #define FW_OPT_UEVENT	(1U << 0)
 #define FW_OPT_NOWAIT	(1U << 1)
@@ -145,9 +216,8 @@ struct firmware_cache {
 struct firmware_buf {
 	struct kref ref;
 	struct list_head list;
-	struct completion completion;
 	struct firmware_cache *fwc;
-	unsigned long status;
+	struct fw_state fw_st;
 	void *data;
 	size_t size;
 	size_t allocated_size;
@@ -205,7 +275,7 @@ static struct firmware_buf *__allocate_fw_buf(const char *fw_name,
 	buf->fwc = fwc;
 	buf->data = dbuf;
 	buf->allocated_size = size;
-	init_completion(&buf->completion);
+	fw_state_init(&buf->fw_st);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buf->pending_list);
 #endif
@@ -309,8 +379,7 @@ static void fw_finish_direct_load(struct device *device,
 				  struct firmware_buf *buf)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status);
-	complete_all(&buf->completion);
+	fw_state_done(&buf->fw_st);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
 
@@ -478,12 +547,11 @@ static void __fw_load_abort(struct firmware_buf *buf)
 	 * There is a small window in which user can write to 'loading'
 	 * between loading done and disappearance of 'loading'
 	 */
-	if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status))
+	if (fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st))
 		return;
 
 	list_del_init(&buf->pending_list);
-	set_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &buf->status);
-	complete_all(&buf->completion);
+	fw_state_aborted(&buf->fw_st);
 }
 
 static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
@@ -496,9 +564,6 @@ static void fw_load_abort(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv)
 	fw_priv->buf = NULL;
 }
 
-#define is_fw_load_aborted(buf)	\
-	test_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &(buf)->status)
-
 static LIST_HEAD(pending_fw_head);
 
 /* reboot notifier for avoid deadlock with usermode_lock */
@@ -600,7 +665,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_show(struct device *dev,
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	if (fw_priv->buf)
-		loading = test_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_priv->buf->status);
+		loading = fw_state_is_loading(&fw_priv->buf->fw_st);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", loading);
@@ -655,23 +720,20 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 	switch (loading) {
 	case 1:
 		/* discarding any previous partial load */
-		if (!test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_buf->status)) {
+		if (!fw_state_is_done(&fw_buf->fw_st)) {
 			for (i = 0; i < fw_buf->nr_pages; i++)
 				__free_page(fw_buf->pages[i]);
 			vfree(fw_buf->pages);
 			fw_buf->pages = NULL;
 			fw_buf->page_array_size = 0;
 			fw_buf->nr_pages = 0;
-			set_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_buf->status);
+			fw_state_start(&fw_buf->fw_st);
 		}
 		break;
 	case 0:
-		if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_buf->status)) {
+		if (fw_state_is_loading(&fw_buf->fw_st)) {
 			int rc;
 
-			set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &fw_buf->status);
-			clear_bit(FW_STATUS_LOADING, &fw_buf->status);
-
 			/*
 			 * Several loading requests may be pending on
 			 * one same firmware buf, so let all requests
@@ -693,10 +755,11 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 			 */
 			list_del_init(&fw_buf->pending_list);
 			if (rc) {
-				set_bit(FW_STATUS_ABORT, &fw_buf->status);
+				fw_state_aborted(&fw_buf->fw_st);
 				written = rc;
+			} else {
+				fw_state_done(&fw_buf->fw_st);
 			}
-			complete_all(&fw_buf->completion);
 			break;
 		}
 		/* fallthrough */
@@ -757,7 +820,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_data_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	buf = fw_priv->buf;
-	if (!buf || test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status)) {
+	if (!buf || fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st)) {
 		ret_count = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -844,7 +907,7 @@ static ssize_t firmware_data_write(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	buf = fw_priv->buf;
-	if (!buf || test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status)) {
+	if (!buf || fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st)) {
 		retval = -ENODEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -957,8 +1020,7 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
 		timeout = MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
 	}
 
-	timeout = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&buf->completion,
-			timeout);
+	timeout = fw_state_wait_timeout(&buf->fw_st, timeout);
 	if (timeout == -ERESTARTSYS || !timeout) {
 		retval = timeout;
 		mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
@@ -968,7 +1030,7 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
 		retval = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (is_fw_load_aborted(buf))
+	if (fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st))
 		retval = -EAGAIN;
 	else if (buf->is_paged_buf && !buf->data)
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1018,9 +1080,6 @@ fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, const char *name,
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-/* No abort during direct loading */
-#define is_fw_load_aborted(buf) false
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 static inline void kill_requests_without_uevent(void) { }
 #endif
@@ -1034,13 +1093,13 @@ static int sync_cached_firmware_buf(struct firmware_buf *buf)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	while (!test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status)) {
-		if (is_fw_load_aborted(buf)) {
+	while (!fw_state_is_done(&buf->fw_st)) {
+		if (fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st)) {
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 			break;
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
-		ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible(&buf->completion);
+		ret = fw_state_wait(&buf->fw_st);
 		mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
@@ -1098,7 +1157,7 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
 	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw->priv;
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
-	if (!buf->size || is_fw_load_aborted(buf)) {
+	if (!buf->size || fw_state_is_aborted(&buf->fw_st)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}