diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index aad915e2ce52..9915603ed10b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
  */
 
 /* The name of the GSI firmware file relative to /lib/firmware */
-#define IPA_FWS_PATH		"ipa_fws.mdt"
+#define IPA_FW_PATH_DEFAULT	"ipa_fws.mdt"
 #define IPA_PAS_ID		15
 
 /* Shift of 19.2 MHz timestamp to achieve lower resolution timestamps */
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ static int ipa_firmware_load(struct device *dev)
 	struct device_node *node;
 	struct resource res;
 	phys_addr_t phys;
+	const char *path;
 	ssize_t size;
 	void *virt;
 	int ret;
@@ -534,9 +535,17 @@ static int ipa_firmware_load(struct device *dev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = request_firmware(&fw, IPA_FWS_PATH, dev);
+	/* Use name from DTB if specified; use default for *any* error */
+	ret = of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "firmware-name", &path);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(dev, "error %d requesting \"%s\"\n", ret, IPA_FWS_PATH);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "error %d getting \"firmware-name\" resource\n",
+			ret);
+		path = IPA_FW_PATH_DEFAULT;
+	}
+
+	ret = request_firmware(&fw, path, dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "error %d requesting \"%s\"\n", ret, path);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -549,13 +558,11 @@ static int ipa_firmware_load(struct device *dev)
 		goto out_release_firmware;
 	}
 
-	ret = qcom_mdt_load(dev, fw, IPA_FWS_PATH, IPA_PAS_ID,
-			    virt, phys, size, NULL);
+	ret = qcom_mdt_load(dev, fw, path, IPA_PAS_ID, virt, phys, size, NULL);
 	if (ret)
-		dev_err(dev, "error %d loading \"%s\"\n", ret, IPA_FWS_PATH);
+		dev_err(dev, "error %d loading \"%s\"\n", ret, path);
 	else if ((ret = qcom_scm_pas_auth_and_reset(IPA_PAS_ID)))
-		dev_err(dev, "error %d authenticating \"%s\"\n", ret,
-			IPA_FWS_PATH);
+		dev_err(dev, "error %d authenticating \"%s\"\n", ret, path);
 
 	memunmap(virt);
 out_release_firmware: