diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 4f64410fe7e65c0c27e2d88e544bdc18ba0e57fa..aba3f2cbe2f4b6fb6b40d83c09b4b446dbe0e0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ static struct firmware_cache fw_cache;
 extern struct builtin_fw __start_builtin_fw[];
 extern struct builtin_fw __end_builtin_fw[];
 
+static void fw_copy_to_prealloc_buf(struct firmware *fw,
+				    void *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	if (!buf || size < fw->size)
+		return;
+	memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
+}
+
 static bool fw_get_builtin_firmware(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
 				    void *buf, size_t size)
 {
@@ -155,9 +163,8 @@ static bool fw_get_builtin_firmware(struct firmware *fw, const char *name,
 		if (strcmp(name, b_fw->name) == 0) {
 			fw->size = b_fw->size;
 			fw->data = b_fw->data;
+			fw_copy_to_prealloc_buf(fw, buf, size);
 
-			if (buf && fw->size <= size)
-				memcpy(buf, fw->data, fw->size);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}