diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
index b92e074dd0cf..783d00131a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
@@ -904,6 +904,23 @@ static void q6v5_mba_reclaim(struct q6v5 *qproc)
 	}
 }
 
+static int q6v5_reload_mba(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	struct q6v5 *qproc = rproc->priv;
+	const struct firmware *fw;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = request_firmware(&fw, rproc->firmware, qproc->dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	q6v5_load(rproc, fw);
+	ret = q6v5_mba_load(qproc);
+	release_firmware(fw);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int q6v5_mpss_load(struct q6v5 *qproc)
 {
 	const struct elf32_phdr *phdrs;
@@ -1062,7 +1079,7 @@ static void qcom_q6v5_dump_segment(struct rproc *rproc,
 
 	/* Unlock mba before copying segments */
 	if (!qproc->dump_mba_loaded) {
-		ret = q6v5_mba_load(qproc);
+		ret = q6v5_reload_mba(rproc);
 		if (!ret) {
 			/* Reset ownership back to Linux to copy segments */
 			ret = q6v5_xfer_mem_ownership(qproc, &qproc->mpss_perm,