diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9c171ce4190845950e7c14e362265b4d26adc74..9b393c29953f2c3e71abb5bce304e6bd69c3e804 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
 			The filter can be disabled or changed to another
 			driver later using sysfs.
 
-	drm_kms_helper.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
+	drm.edid_firmware=[<connector>:]<file>[,[<connector>:]<file>]
 			Broken monitors, graphic adapters, KVMs and EDIDless
 			panels may send no or incorrect EDID data sets.
 			This parameter allows to specify an EDID data sets
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
index c5e1a840928583d701f6965f8e978ca911eaf2e0..c9f09fc298bb0ddd5a61a3827526e5ee9000c220 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config DRM_FBDEV_OVERALLOC
 
 config DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE
 	bool "Allow to specify an EDID data set instead of probing for it"
-	depends on DRM_KMS_HELPER
+	depends on DRM
 	help
 	  Say Y here, if you want to use EDID data to be loaded from the
 	  /lib/firmware directory or one of the provided built-in
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
index df923119ac36a52197071b38b81ce7434a447970..0ee184f56a602285ad17a25c75964d99693979cc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL) += drm_panel.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_OF) += drm_of.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_AGP) += drm_agpsupport.o
 drm-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += drm_debugfs.o drm_debugfs_crc.o
+drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE) += drm_edid_load.o
 
 drm_kms_helper-y := drm_crtc_helper.o drm_dp_helper.o drm_probe_helper.o \
 		drm_plane_helper.o drm_dp_mst_topology.o drm_atomic_helper.o \
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ drm_kms_helper-y := drm_crtc_helper.o drm_dp_helper.o drm_probe_helper.o \
 		drm_scdc_helper.o drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.o
 
 drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BRIDGE) += bridge/panel.o
-drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE) += drm_edid_load.o
 drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION) += drm_fb_helper.o
 drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_KMS_CMA_HELPER) += drm_fb_cma_helper.o
 drm_kms_helper-$(CONFIG_DRM_DP_AUX_CHARDEV) += drm_dp_aux_dev.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
index 6bb6337be920c6b440ef33f579832368feed86e5..00ddabfbf980401f8d58a4d46eff8ee60282ee5f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid.c
@@ -1533,6 +1533,10 @@ static void connector_bad_edid(struct drm_connector *connector,
  * level, drivers must make all reasonable efforts to expose it as an I2C
  * adapter and use drm_get_edid() instead of abusing this function.
  *
+ * The EDID may be overridden using debugfs override_edid or firmare EDID
+ * (drm_load_edid_firmware() and drm.edid_firmware parameter), in this priority
+ * order. Having either of them bypasses actual EDID reads.
+ *
  * Return: Pointer to valid EDID or NULL if we couldn't find any.
  */
 struct edid *drm_do_get_edid(struct drm_connector *connector,
@@ -1542,6 +1546,17 @@ struct edid *drm_do_get_edid(struct drm_connector *connector,
 {
 	int i, j = 0, valid_extensions = 0;
 	u8 *edid, *new;
+	struct edid *override = NULL;
+
+	if (connector->override_edid)
+		override = drm_edid_duplicate((const struct edid *)
+					      connector->edid_blob_ptr->data);
+
+	if (!override)
+		override = drm_load_edid_firmware(connector);
+
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(override))
+		return override;
 
 	if ((edid = kmalloc(EDID_LENGTH, GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
index 904966cde32b51886fc5ee9e876a1d2ec992745b..5840aabbf24e51611cb825ab6fc8b017a6ce6701 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_probe_helper.c
@@ -353,8 +353,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_helper_probe_detect);
  *    drm_mode_probed_add(). New modes start their life with status as OK.
  *    Modes are added from a single source using the following priority order.
  *
- *    - debugfs 'override_edid' (used for testing only)
- *    - firmware EDID (drm_load_edid_firmware())
  *    - &drm_connector_helper_funcs.get_modes vfunc
  *    - if the connector status is connector_status_connected, standard
  *      VESA DMT modes up to 1024x768 are automatically added
@@ -483,22 +481,7 @@ int drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes(struct drm_connector *connector,
 		goto prune;
 	}
 
-	if (connector->override_edid) {
-		struct edid *edid = (struct edid *) connector->edid_blob_ptr->data;
-
-		count = drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid);
-		drm_edid_to_eld(connector, edid);
-	} else {
-		struct edid *edid = drm_load_edid_firmware(connector);
-		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(edid)) {
-			drm_mode_connector_update_edid_property(connector, edid);
-			count = drm_add_edid_modes(connector, edid);
-			drm_edid_to_eld(connector, edid);
-			kfree(edid);
-		}
-		if (count == 0)
-			count = (*connector_funcs->get_modes)(connector);
-	}
+	count = (*connector_funcs->get_modes)(connector);
 
 	if (count == 0 && connector->status == connector_status_connected)
 		count = drm_add_modes_noedid(connector, 1024, 768);