diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
index 2b38a77cd594f56f658ad130f60170bd47c6f96b..5308c32e26faadfa66933b74b9e322cdb590895f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/loader.c
@@ -800,16 +800,6 @@ int snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy);
 
-int snd_sof_load_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
-{
-	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "loading firmware\n");
-
-	if (sof_ops(sdev)->load_firmware)
-		return sof_ops(sdev)->load_firmware(sdev);
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_sof_load_firmware);
-
 int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/ops.h b/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
index 4a5d6e497f05be09cc6b30684d5aae5b631cda53..731b8157aaea8dcd3782a17037bb44f01d7aec57 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/ops.h
@@ -400,6 +400,14 @@ snd_sof_pcm_platform_trigger(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Firmware loading */
+static inline int snd_sof_load_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	dev_dbg(sdev->dev, "loading firmware\n");
+
+	return sof_ops(sdev)->load_firmware(sdev);
+}
+
 /* host DSP message data */
 static inline void snd_sof_ipc_msg_data(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
 					struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
index fd8423172d8f340267e6326bf3eb16a32c9412c5..1adbcda0b364e1ad7030ac9fa799b9cf79a7da21 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/sof-priv.h
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@ int snd_sof_create_page_table(struct device *dev,
 /*
  * Firmware loading.
  */
-int snd_sof_load_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);
 int snd_sof_load_firmware_raw(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);
 int snd_sof_load_firmware_memcpy(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);
 int snd_sof_run_firmware(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev);