diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index feb24c43d4c7d45d2f5715f9f921af333071783f..90b05c72186c4f9e9c37a812ec469a738d253e95 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -886,13 +886,15 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	/*
 	 * Create a copy of the resource table. When a virtio device starts
 	 * and calls vring_new_virtqueue() the address of the allocated vring
-	 * will be stored in the table_ptr. Before the device is started,
-	 * table_ptr will be copied into device memory.
+	 * will be stored in the cached_table. Before the device is started,
+	 * cached_table will be copied into device memory.
 	 */
-	rproc->table_ptr = kmemdup(table, tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rproc->table_ptr)
+	rproc->cached_table = kmemdup(table, tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rproc->cached_table)
 		goto clean_up;
 
+	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
+
 	/* reset max_notifyid */
 	rproc->max_notifyid = -1;
 
@@ -911,16 +913,18 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * The starting device has been given the rproc->table_ptr as the
+	 * The starting device has been given the rproc->cached_table as the
 	 * resource table. The address of the vring along with the other
-	 * allocated resources (carveouts etc) is stored in table_ptr.
+	 * allocated resources (carveouts etc) is stored in cached_table.
 	 * In order to pass this information to the remote device we must copy
 	 * this information to device memory. We also update the table_ptr so
 	 * that any subsequent changes will be applied to the loaded version.
 	 */
 	loaded_table = rproc_find_loaded_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
-	if (loaded_table)
-		memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->table_ptr, tablesz);
+	if (loaded_table) {
+		memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, tablesz);
+		rproc->table_ptr = loaded_table;
+	}
 
 	/* power up the remote processor */
 	ret = rproc->ops->start(rproc);
@@ -948,7 +952,8 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 clean_up_resources:
 	rproc_resource_cleanup(rproc);
 clean_up:
-	kfree(rproc->table_ptr);
+	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
+	rproc->cached_table = NULL;
 	rproc->table_ptr = NULL;
 
 	rproc_disable_iommu(rproc);
@@ -1182,7 +1187,8 @@ void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 	rproc_disable_iommu(rproc);
 
 	/* Free the copy of the resource table */
-	kfree(rproc->table_ptr);
+	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
+	rproc->cached_table = NULL;
 	rproc->table_ptr = NULL;
 
 	/* if in crash state, unlock crash handler */
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index e2f3a3281d8fd29de861f4d46ccf7da54ce6eea8..8265d351c9f0e6bc7814fd59ca1efff531e4798f 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ enum rproc_crash_type {
  * @crash_comp: completion used to sync crash handler and the rproc reload
  * @recovery_disabled: flag that state if recovery was disabled
  * @max_notifyid: largest allocated notify id.
- * @table_ptr: our copy of the resource table
+ * @table_ptr: pointer to the resource table in effect
+ * @cached_table: copy of the resource table
  * @has_iommu: flag to indicate if remote processor is behind an MMU
  */
 struct rproc {
@@ -440,6 +441,7 @@ struct rproc {
 	bool recovery_disabled;
 	int max_notifyid;
 	struct resource_table *table_ptr;
+	struct resource_table *cached_table;
 	bool has_iommu;
 	bool auto_boot;
 };