diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 3d7d58a109d8ebb0b602e17b9a6ff4ed211423ef..1210d6db40b1c2036537ea539d0230c2c606318b 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -1030,8 +1030,9 @@ static void rproc_crash_handler_work(struct work_struct *work)
 }
 
 /**
- * rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
+ * __rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
  * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ * @wait: wait for rproc registration completion
  *
  * Boot a remote processor (i.e. load its firmware, power it on, ...).
  *
@@ -1040,7 +1041,7 @@ static void rproc_crash_handler_work(struct work_struct *work)
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value otherwise.
  */
-int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
+static int __rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc, bool wait)
 {
 	const struct firmware *firmware_p;
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -1088,6 +1089,10 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
 		goto downref_rproc;
 	}
 
+	/* if rproc virtio is not yet configured, wait */
+	if (wait)
+		wait_for_completion(&rproc->firmware_loading_complete);
+
 	ret = rproc_fw_boot(rproc, firmware_p);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware_p);
@@ -1101,8 +1106,28 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
 	mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/**
+ * rproc_boot() - boot a remote processor
+ * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ */
+int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	return __rproc_boot(rproc, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_boot);
 
+/**
+ * rproc_boot_nowait() - boot a remote processor
+ * @rproc: handle of a remote processor
+ *
+ * Same as rproc_boot() but don't wait for rproc registration completion
+ */
+int rproc_boot_nowait(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	return __rproc_boot(rproc, false);
+}
+
 /**
  * rproc_shutdown() - power off the remote processor
  * @rproc: the remote processor
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index 8041b95cb05863c80ec6717bea03fab29c0ec27a..57e1de59bec8df168a258488a309a17b1aaca66e 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct rproc_fw_ops {
 /* from remoteproc_core.c */
 void rproc_release(struct kref *kref);
 irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc, int vq_id);
+int rproc_boot_nowait(struct rproc *rproc);
 
 /* from remoteproc_virtio.c */
 int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index e44872fb9e5e23ff2aaf284a675bab940d67b172..cc91556313e1763073a42b47791a77aae6728a60 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int rproc_virtio_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
 	}
 
 	/* now that the vqs are all set, boot the remote processor */
-	ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
+	ret = rproc_boot_nowait(rproc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "rproc_boot() failed %d\n", ret);
 		goto error;