diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
index edc37cc806448bd1c7022a04b028db499de3c0be..ab9b2d4461a13582ceebc5496d69784f2ad29929 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
@@ -370,10 +370,10 @@ int amdgpu_ucode_init_bo(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev) || !adev->in_gpu_reset) {
+	if (!adev->in_gpu_reset) {
 		err = amdgpu_bo_create(adev, adev->firmware.fw_size, PAGE_SIZE, true,
 					amdgpu_sriov_vf(adev) ? AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM : AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT,
-					AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CONTIGUOUS,
+					AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_VRAM_CONTIGUOUS|AMDGPU_GEM_CREATE_CPU_ACCESS_REQUIRED,
 					NULL, NULL, 0, bo);
 		if (err) {
 			dev_err(adev->dev, "(%d) Firmware buffer allocate failed\n", err);