diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 63d88d1d206e..cbd12382b219 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -907,8 +907,7 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	const char *name = rproc->firmware;
-	struct resource_table *table;
-	int ret, tablesz;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = rproc_fw_sanity_check(rproc, fw);
 	if (ret)
@@ -927,27 +926,11 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	}
 
 	rproc->bootaddr = rproc_get_boot_addr(rproc, fw);
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-
-	/* look for the resource table */
-	table = rproc_find_rsc_table(rproc, fw, &tablesz);
-	if (!table) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Failed to find resource table\n");
-		goto clean_up;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Create a copy of the resource table. When a virtio device starts
-	 * and calls vring_new_virtqueue() the address of the allocated vring
-	 * will be stored in the cached_table. Before the device is started,
-	 * cached_table will be copied into device memory.
-	 */
-	rproc->cached_table = kmemdup(table, tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rproc->cached_table)
-		goto clean_up;
 
-	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
-	rproc->table_sz = tablesz;
+	/* load resource table */
+	ret = rproc_load_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
+	if (ret)
+		goto disable_iommu;
 
 	/* reset max_notifyid */
 	rproc->max_notifyid = -1;
@@ -967,11 +950,10 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 
 clean_up_resources:
 	rproc_resource_cleanup(rproc);
-clean_up:
 	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
 	rproc->cached_table = NULL;
 	rproc->table_ptr = NULL;
-
+disable_iommu:
 	rproc_disable_iommu(rproc);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1443,7 +1425,7 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 	/* Default to ELF loader if no load function is specified */
 	if (!rproc->ops->load) {
 		rproc->ops->load = rproc_elf_load_segments;
-		rproc->ops->find_rsc_table = rproc_elf_find_rsc_table;
+		rproc->ops->load_rsc_table = rproc_elf_load_rsc_table;
 		rproc->ops->find_loaded_rsc_table = rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table;
 		rproc->ops->sanity_check = rproc_elf_sanity_check;
 		rproc->ops->get_boot_addr = rproc_elf_get_boot_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
index 822fa1bf893f..b17d72ec8603 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_loader.c
@@ -268,42 +268,49 @@ find_table(struct device *dev, struct elf32_hdr *ehdr, size_t fw_size)
 }
 
 /**
- * rproc_elf_find_rsc_table() - find the resource table
+ * rproc_elf_load_rsc_table() - load the resource table
  * @rproc: the rproc handle
  * @fw: the ELF firmware image
- * @tablesz: place holder for providing back the table size
  *
  * This function finds the resource table inside the remote processor's
- * firmware. It is used both upon the registration of @rproc (in order
- * to look for and register the supported virito devices), and when the
- * @rproc is booted.
+ * firmware, load it into the @cached_table and update @table_ptr.
  *
- * Returns the pointer to the resource table if it is found, and write its
- * size into @tablesz. If a valid table isn't found, NULL is returned
- * (and @tablesz isn't set).
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
  */
-struct resource_table *rproc_elf_find_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
-						const struct firmware *fw,
-						int *tablesz)
+int rproc_elf_load_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 	struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
 	struct elf32_shdr *shdr;
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct resource_table *table = NULL;
 	const u8 *elf_data = fw->data;
+	size_t tablesz;
 
 	ehdr = (struct elf32_hdr *)elf_data;
 
 	shdr = find_table(dev, ehdr, fw->size);
 	if (!shdr)
-		return NULL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	table = (struct resource_table *)(elf_data + shdr->sh_offset);
-	*tablesz = shdr->sh_size;
+	tablesz = shdr->sh_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * Create a copy of the resource table. When a virtio device starts
+	 * and calls vring_new_virtqueue() the address of the allocated vring
+	 * will be stored in the cached_table. Before the device is started,
+	 * cached_table will be copied into device memory.
+	 */
+	rproc->cached_table = kmemdup(table, tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rproc->cached_table)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return table;
+	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
+	rproc->table_sz = tablesz;
+
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_elf_find_rsc_table);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_elf_load_rsc_table);
 
 /**
  * rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table() - find the loaded resource table
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index a42690c514e2..55a2950c5cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ int rproc_trigger_recovery(struct rproc *rproc);
 int rproc_elf_sanity_check(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 u32 rproc_elf_get_boot_addr(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 int rproc_elf_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
-struct resource_table *rproc_elf_find_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
-						const struct firmware *fw,
-						int *tablesz);
+int rproc_elf_load_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 struct resource_table *rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
 						       const struct firmware *fw);
 
@@ -90,15 +88,13 @@ int rproc_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static inline
-struct resource_table *rproc_find_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
-					    const struct firmware *fw,
-					    int *tablesz)
+static inline int rproc_load_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
+				       const struct firmware *fw)
 {
-	if (rproc->ops->find_rsc_table)
-		return rproc->ops->find_rsc_table(rproc, fw, tablesz);
+	if (rproc->ops->load_rsc_table)
+		return rproc->ops->load_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
 
-	return NULL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index e21de55e19d1..ec1ada7cc6d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ struct rproc_ops {
 	int (*stop)(struct rproc *rproc);
 	void (*kick)(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid);
 	void * (*da_to_va)(struct rproc *rproc, u64 da, int len);
+	int (*load_rsc_table)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 	struct resource_table *(*find_rsc_table)(struct rproc *rproc,
 						 const struct firmware *fw,
 						 int *tablesz);
