diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
index 933e2192fbe8..b5487f66dc45 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
  * @FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM: Enable fallback to device fw copy embedded in
  *	the platform's main firmware. If both this fallback and the sysfs
  *      fallback are enabled, then this fallback will be tried first.
+ * @FW_OPT_PARTIAL: Allow partial read of firmware instead of needing to read
+ *	entire file.
  */
 enum fw_opt {
 	FW_OPT_UEVENT			= BIT(0),
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ enum fw_opt {
 	FW_OPT_NOCACHE			= BIT(4),
 	FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS		= BIT(5),
 	FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM	= BIT(6),
+	FW_OPT_PARTIAL			= BIT(7),
 };
 
 enum fw_status {
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ struct fw_priv {
 	void *data;
 	size_t size;
 	size_t allocated_size;
+	size_t offset;
+	u32 opt_flags;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_PAGED_BUF
 	bool is_paged_buf;
 	struct page **pages;
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 7ca229760dfc..7a8d1877265c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ static int fw_cache_piggyback_on_request(const char *name);
 
 static struct fw_priv *__allocate_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
 					  struct firmware_cache *fwc,
-					  void *dbuf, size_t size)
+					  void *dbuf,
+					  size_t size,
+					  size_t offset,
+					  u32 opt_flags)
 {
 	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
 
@@ -186,6 +189,8 @@ static struct fw_priv *__allocate_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
 	fw_priv->fwc = fwc;
 	fw_priv->data = dbuf;
 	fw_priv->allocated_size = size;
+	fw_priv->offset = offset;
+	fw_priv->opt_flags = opt_flags;
 	fw_state_init(fw_priv);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fw_priv->pending_list);
@@ -210,8 +215,11 @@ static struct fw_priv *__lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name)
 /* Returns 1 for batching firmware requests with the same name */
 static int alloc_lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
 				struct firmware_cache *fwc,
-				struct fw_priv **fw_priv, void *dbuf,
-				size_t size, u32 opt_flags)
+				struct fw_priv **fw_priv,
+				void *dbuf,
+				size_t size,
+				size_t offset,
+				u32 opt_flags)
 {
 	struct fw_priv *tmp;
 
@@ -227,7 +235,7 @@ static int alloc_lookup_fw_priv(const char *fw_name,
 		}
 	}
 
-	tmp = __allocate_fw_priv(fw_name, fwc, dbuf, size);
+	tmp = __allocate_fw_priv(fw_name, fwc, dbuf, size, offset, opt_flags);
 	if (tmp) {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp->list);
 		if (!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOCACHE))
@@ -473,7 +481,11 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
 	/* Already populated data member means we're loading into a buffer */
 	if (!decompress && fw_priv->data) {
 		buffer = fw_priv->data;
-		id = READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER;
+		if (fw_priv->opt_flags & FW_OPT_PARTIAL)
+			id = READING_FIRMWARE_PARTIAL_READ;
+		else
+			id = READING_FIRMWARE_PREALLOC_BUFFER;
+
 		msize = fw_priv->allocated_size;
 	}
 
@@ -496,8 +508,10 @@ fw_get_filesystem_firmware(struct device *device, struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
 		fw_priv->size = 0;
 
 		/* load firmware files from the mount namespace of init */
-		rc = kernel_read_file_from_path_initns(path, &buffer,
-						       &size, msize, id);
+		rc = kernel_pread_file_from_path_initns(path, &buffer,
+							&size, msize,
+							fw_priv->offset,
+							id);
 		if (rc) {
 			if (rc != -ENOENT)
 				dev_warn(device, "loading %s failed with error %d\n",
@@ -684,7 +698,7 @@ int assign_fw(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device, u32 opt_flags)
 static int
 _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 			  struct device *device, void *dbuf, size_t size,
-			  u32 opt_flags)
+			  size_t offset, u32 opt_flags)
 {
 	struct firmware *firmware;
 	struct fw_priv *fw_priv;
@@ -703,7 +717,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	}
 
 	ret = alloc_lookup_fw_priv(name, &fw_cache, &fw_priv, dbuf, size,
-				  opt_flags);
+				   offset, opt_flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * bind with 'priv' now to avoid warning in failure path
@@ -750,7 +764,7 @@ static void fw_abort_batch_reqs(struct firmware *fw)
 static int
 _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 		  struct device *device, void *buf, size_t size,
-		  u32 opt_flags)
+		  size_t offset, u32 opt_flags)
 {
 	struct firmware *fw = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -764,7 +778,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 	}
 
 	ret = _request_firmware_prepare(&fw, name, device, buf, size,
-					opt_flags);
+					offset, opt_flags);
 	if (ret <= 0) /* error or already assigned */
 		goto out;
 
@@ -826,7 +840,7 @@ request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 
 	/* Need to pin this module until return */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0,
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0, 0,
 				FW_OPT_UEVENT);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
@@ -853,7 +867,7 @@ int firmware_request_nowarn(const struct firmware **firmware, const char *name,
 
 	/* Need to pin this module until return */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware, name, device, NULL, 0,
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware, name, device, NULL, 0, 0,
 				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NO_WARN);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
@@ -877,7 +891,7 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 	int ret;
 
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0,
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, NULL, 0, 0,
 				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NO_WARN |
 				FW_OPT_NOFALLBACK_SYSFS);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
@@ -902,7 +916,7 @@ int firmware_request_platform(const struct firmware **firmware,
 
 	/* Need to pin this module until return */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware, name, device, NULL, 0,
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware, name, device, NULL, 0, 0,
 				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK_PLATFORM);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
@@ -958,13 +972,44 @@ request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, buf, size,
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, buf, size, 0,
 				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NOCACHE);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_into_buf);
 
+/**
+ * request_partial_firmware_into_buf() - load partial firmware into a previously allocated buffer
+ * @firmware_p: pointer to firmware image
+ * @name: name of firmware file
+ * @device: device for which firmware is being loaded and DMA region allocated
+ * @buf: address of buffer to load firmware into
+ * @size: size of buffer
+ * @offset: offset into file to read
+ *
+ * This function works pretty much like request_firmware_into_buf except
+ * it allows a partial read of the file.
+ */
+int
+request_partial_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
+				  const char *name, struct device *device,
+				  void *buf, size_t size, size_t offset)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (fw_cache_is_setup(device, name))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, buf, size, offset,
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_NOCACHE |
+				FW_OPT_PARTIAL);
+	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_partial_firmware_into_buf);
+
 /**
  * release_firmware() - release the resource associated with a firmware image
  * @fw: firmware resource to release
@@ -997,7 +1042,7 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	fw_work = container_of(work, struct firmware_work, work);
 
-	_request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device, NULL, 0,
+	_request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device, NULL, 0, 0,
 			  fw_work->opt_flags);
 	fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
 	put_device(fw_work->device); /* taken in request_firmware_nowait() */
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware.h b/include/linux/firmware.h
index cb3e2c06ed8a..c15acadc6cf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware.h
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **fw, const char *name,
 			    struct device *device);
 int request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 	const char *name, struct device *device, void *buf, size_t size);
+int request_partial_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
+				      const char *name, struct device *device,
+				      void *buf, size_t size, size_t offset);
 
 void release_firmware(const struct firmware *fw);
 #else
@@ -102,6 +105,15 @@ static inline int request_firmware_into_buf(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static inline int request_partial_firmware_into_buf
+					(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
+					 const char *name,
+					 struct device *device,
+					 void *buf, size_t size, size_t offset)
+{
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 int firmware_request_cache(struct device *device, const char *name);
