diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 1af03648daf8..65797742c6b6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ static inline long firmware_loading_timeout(void)
 	return loading_timeout > 0 ? loading_timeout * HZ : MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 }
 
+/* firmware behavior options */
+#define FW_OPT_UEVENT	(1U << 0)
+#define FW_OPT_NOWAIT	(1U << 1)
+#define FW_OPT_FALLBACK	(1U << 2)
+
 struct firmware_cache {
 	/* firmware_buf instance will be added into the below list */
 	spinlock_t lock;
@@ -820,7 +825,7 @@ static void firmware_class_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static struct firmware_priv *
 fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
-		   struct device *device, bool uevent, bool nowait)
+		   struct device *device, unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
 	struct device *f_dev;
@@ -832,7 +837,7 @@ fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	fw_priv->nowait = nowait;
+	fw_priv->nowait = !!(opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOWAIT);
 	fw_priv->fw = firmware;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fw_priv->timeout_work,
 		firmware_class_timeout_work);
@@ -848,8 +853,8 @@ exit:
 }
 
 /* load a firmware via user helper */
-static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
-				  long timeout)
+static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv,
+				  unsigned int opt_flags, long timeout)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 	struct device *f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
@@ -885,7 +890,7 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 		goto err_del_bin_attr;
 	}
 
-	if (uevent) {
+	if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT) {
 		buf->need_uevent = true;
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
 		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
@@ -911,16 +916,16 @@ err_put_dev:
 
 static int fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware,
 				    const char *name, struct device *device,
-				    bool uevent, bool nowait, long timeout)
+				    unsigned int opt_flags, long timeout)
 {
 	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv;
 
-	fw_priv = fw_create_instance(firmware, name, device, uevent, nowait);
+	fw_priv = fw_create_instance(firmware, name, device, opt_flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(fw_priv))
 		return PTR_ERR(fw_priv);
 
 	fw_priv->buf = firmware->priv;
-	return _request_firmware_load(fw_priv, uevent, timeout);
+	return _request_firmware_load(fw_priv, opt_flags, timeout);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
@@ -942,7 +947,7 @@ static void kill_requests_without_uevent(void)
 #else /* CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER */
 static inline int
 fw_load_from_user_helper(struct firmware *firmware, const char *name,
-			 struct device *device, bool uevent, bool nowait,
+			 struct device *device, unsigned int opt_flags,
 			 long timeout)
 {
 	return -ENOENT;
@@ -1023,7 +1028,7 @@ _request_firmware_prepare(struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 }
 
 static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
-				bool skip_cache)
+			       unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
 	struct firmware_buf *buf = fw->priv;
 
@@ -1040,7 +1045,8 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
 	 * device may has been deleted already, but the problem
 	 * should be fixed in devres or driver core.
 	 */
-	if (device && !skip_cache)
+	/* don't cache firmware handled without uevent */
+	if (device && (opt_flags & FW_OPT_UEVENT))
 		fw_add_devm_name(device, buf->fw_id);
 
 	/*
@@ -1061,7 +1067,7 @@ static int assign_firmware_buf(struct firmware *fw, struct device *device,
 /* called from request_firmware() and request_firmware_work_func() */
 static int
 _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
-		  struct device *device, bool uevent, bool nowait, bool fallback)
+		  struct device *device, unsigned int opt_flags)
 {
 	struct firmware *fw;
 	long timeout;
@@ -1076,7 +1082,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 
 	ret = 0;
 	timeout = firmware_loading_timeout();
-	if (nowait) {
+	if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_NOWAIT) {
 		timeout = usermodehelper_read_lock_wait(timeout);
 		if (!timeout) {
 			dev_dbg(device, "firmware: %s loading timed out\n",
@@ -1095,19 +1101,18 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 
 	ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (fallback) {
+		if (opt_flags & FW_OPT_FALLBACK) {
 			dev_warn(device,
 				 "Direct firmware load failed with error %d\n",
 				 ret);
 			dev_warn(device, "Falling back to user helper\n");
 			ret = fw_load_from_user_helper(fw, name, device,
-					       uevent, nowait, timeout);
+						       opt_flags, timeout);
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* don't cache firmware handled without uevent */
 	if (!ret)
-		ret = assign_firmware_buf(fw, device, !uevent);
+		ret = assign_firmware_buf(fw, device, opt_flags);
 
 	usermodehelper_read_unlock();
 
@@ -1149,7 +1154,8 @@ request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
 
 	/* Need to pin this module until return */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, true, false, true);
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device,
+				FW_OPT_UEVENT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1172,7 +1178,7 @@ int request_firmware_direct(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
 {
 	int ret;
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
-	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, true, false, false);
+	ret = _request_firmware(firmware_p, name, device, FW_OPT_UEVENT);
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1201,7 +1207,7 @@ struct firmware_work {
 	struct device *device;
 	void *context;
 	void (*cont)(const struct firmware *fw, void *context);
-	bool uevent;
+	unsigned int opt_flags;
 };
 
 static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -1212,7 +1218,7 @@ static void request_firmware_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 	fw_work = container_of(work, struct firmware_work, work);
 
 	_request_firmware(&fw, fw_work->name, fw_work->device,
-			  fw_work->uevent, true, true);
+			  fw_work->opt_flags);
 	fw_work->cont(fw, fw_work->context);
 	put_device(fw_work->device); /* taken in request_firmware_nowait() */
 
@@ -1260,7 +1266,8 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 	fw_work->device = device;
 	fw_work->context = context;
 	fw_work->cont = cont;
-	fw_work->uevent = uevent;
+	fw_work->opt_flags = FW_OPT_NOWAIT | FW_OPT_FALLBACK |
+		(uevent ? FW_OPT_UEVENT : 0);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(module)) {
 		kfree(fw_work);