diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c
index 56edef06c48e..223ab2ceb7e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/falcon.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static int falcon_parse_firmware_image(struct falcon *falcon)
 	struct falcon_fw_os_header_v1 *os;
 
 	/* endian problems would show up right here */
-	if (bin->magic != PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA) {
+	if (bin->magic != PCI_VENDOR_ID_NVIDIA && bin->magic != 0x10fe) {
 		dev_err(falcon->dev, "incorrect firmware magic\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ int falcon_boot(struct falcon *falcon)
 				  falcon->firmware.data.offset + offset,
 				  offset, FALCON_MEMORY_DATA);
 
-	/* copy the first code segment into Falcon internal memory */
-	falcon_copy_chunk(falcon, falcon->firmware.code.offset,
-			  0, FALCON_MEMORY_IMEM);
+	/* copy the code segment into Falcon internal memory */
+	for (offset = 0; offset < falcon->firmware.code.size; offset += 256)
+		falcon_copy_chunk(falcon, falcon->firmware.code.offset + offset,
+				  offset, FALCON_MEMORY_IMEM);
 
 	/* setup falcon interrupts */
 	falcon_writel(falcon, FALCON_IRQMSET_EXT(0xff) |
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
index ade56b860cf9..a3dbb8813faf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
@@ -135,16 +135,21 @@ static int vic_boot(struct vic *vic)
 
 	hdr = vic->falcon.firmware.virt;
 	fce_bin_data_offset = *(u32 *)(hdr + VIC_UCODE_FCE_DATA_OFFSET);
-	hdr = vic->falcon.firmware.virt +
-		*(u32 *)(hdr + VIC_UCODE_FCE_HEADER_OFFSET);
-	fce_ucode_size = *(u32 *)(hdr + FCE_UCODE_SIZE_OFFSET);
 
 	falcon_execute_method(&vic->falcon, VIC_SET_APPLICATION_ID, 1);
-	falcon_execute_method(&vic->falcon, VIC_SET_FCE_UCODE_SIZE,
-			      fce_ucode_size);
-	falcon_execute_method(&vic->falcon, VIC_SET_FCE_UCODE_OFFSET,
-			      (vic->falcon.firmware.iova + fce_bin_data_offset)
-				>> 8);
+
+	/* Old VIC firmware needs kernel help with setting up FCE microcode. */
+	if (fce_bin_data_offset != 0x0 && fce_bin_data_offset != 0xa5a5a5a5) {
+		hdr = vic->falcon.firmware.virt +
+			*(u32 *)(hdr + VIC_UCODE_FCE_HEADER_OFFSET);
+		fce_ucode_size = *(u32 *)(hdr + FCE_UCODE_SIZE_OFFSET);
+
+		falcon_execute_method(&vic->falcon, VIC_SET_FCE_UCODE_SIZE,
+				      fce_ucode_size);
+		falcon_execute_method(
+			&vic->falcon, VIC_SET_FCE_UCODE_OFFSET,
+			(vic->falcon.firmware.iova + fce_bin_data_offset) >> 8);
+	}
 
 	err = falcon_wait_idle(&vic->falcon);
 	if (err < 0) {