diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
index b490e3db2e38..51588ca95113 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/cfg_space.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void intel_vgpu_init_cfg_space(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu,
 	u16 *gmch_ctl;
 	u8 next;
 
-	memcpy(vgpu_cfg_space(vgpu), gvt->firmware.cfg_space,
+	memcpy(vgpu_cfg_space(vgpu), gvt->hw_state.cfg_space,
 	       info->cfg_space_size);
 
 	if (!primary) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
index 1a8274a3f4b1..a98af544abca 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/firmware.c
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr = {
 	.mmap = NULL,
 };
 
-static int mmio_snapshot_handler(struct intel_gvt *gvt, u32 offset, void *data)
-{
-	*(u32 *)(data + offset) = intel_uncore_read_notrace(gvt->gt->uncore,
-							    _MMIO(offset));
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int expose_firmware_sysfs(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 {
 	struct intel_gvt_device_info *info = &gvt->device_info;
@@ -81,7 +74,7 @@ static int expose_firmware_sysfs(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 	void *firmware;
 	void *p;
 	unsigned long size, crc32_start;
-	int i, ret;
+	int ret;
 
 	size = sizeof(*h) + info->mmio_size + info->cfg_space_size;
 	firmware = vzalloc(size);
@@ -99,17 +92,11 @@ static int expose_firmware_sysfs(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 
 	p = firmware + h->cfg_space_offset;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < h->cfg_space_size; i += 4)
-		pci_read_config_dword(pdev, i, p + i);
-
-	memcpy(gvt->firmware.cfg_space, p, info->cfg_space_size);
+	memcpy(gvt->hw_state.cfg_space, p, info->cfg_space_size);
 
 	p = firmware + h->mmio_offset;
 
-	/* Take a snapshot of hw mmio registers. */
-	intel_gvt_for_each_tracked_mmio(gvt, mmio_snapshot_handler, p);
-
-	memcpy(gvt->firmware.mmio, p, info->mmio_size);
+	memcpy(gvt->hw_state.mmio, p, info->mmio_size);
 
 	crc32_start = offsetof(struct gvt_firmware_header, crc32) + 4;
 	h->crc32 = crc32_le(0, firmware + crc32_start, size - crc32_start);
@@ -142,9 +129,6 @@ void intel_gvt_free_firmware(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 {
 	if (!gvt->firmware.firmware_loaded)
 		clean_firmware_sysfs(gvt);
-
-	kfree(gvt->firmware.cfg_space);
-	vfree(gvt->firmware.mmio);
 }
 
 static int verify_firmware(struct intel_gvt *gvt,
@@ -204,36 +188,17 @@ static int verify_firmware(struct intel_gvt *gvt,
  */
 int intel_gvt_load_firmware(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 {
-	struct intel_gvt_device_info *info = &gvt->device_info;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(gvt->gt->i915->drm.dev);
 	struct intel_gvt_firmware *firmware = &gvt->firmware;
 	struct gvt_firmware_header *h;
 	const struct firmware *fw;
 	char *path;
-	void *mem;
 	int ret;
 
 	path = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mem = kmalloc(info->cfg_space_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mem) {
-		kfree(path);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	firmware->cfg_space = mem;
-
-	mem = vmalloc(info->mmio_size);
-	if (!mem) {
-		kfree(path);
-		kfree(firmware->cfg_space);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	firmware->mmio = mem;
-
 	sprintf(path, "%s/vid_0x%04x_did_0x%04x_rid_0x%02x.golden_hw_state",
 		 GVT_FIRMWARE_PATH, pdev->vendor, pdev->device,
 		 pdev->revision);
@@ -256,9 +221,9 @@ int intel_gvt_load_firmware(struct intel_gvt *gvt)
 
 	h = (struct gvt_firmware_header *)fw->data;
 
-	memcpy(firmware->cfg_space, fw->data + h->cfg_space_offset,
+	memcpy(gvt->hw_state.cfg_space, fw->data + h->cfg_space_offset,
 	       h->cfg_space_size);
-	memcpy(firmware->mmio, fw->data + h->mmio_offset,
+	memcpy(gvt->hw_state.mmio, fw->data + h->mmio_offset,
 	       h->mmio_size);
 
 	release_firmware(fw);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
index 1defee730cf3..4e2fd564abea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/gvt.h
@@ -280,8 +280,6 @@ struct intel_gvt_mmio {
 };
 
 struct intel_gvt_firmware {
-	void *cfg_space;
-	void *mmio;
 	bool firmware_loaded;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio.c
index 24210b1eaec5..63f806113560 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/mmio.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ void intel_vgpu_reset_mmio(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, bool dmlr)
 {
 	struct intel_gvt *gvt = vgpu->gvt;
 	const struct intel_gvt_device_info *info = &gvt->device_info;
-	void  *mmio = gvt->firmware.mmio;
+	void  *mmio = gvt->hw_state.mmio;
 
 	if (dmlr) {
 		memcpy(vgpu->mmio.vreg, mmio, info->mmio_size);
