diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
index 5294bb19497f..16e9d27869ca 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/atomisp/pci/atomisp_v4l2.c
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ int mipicsi_flag;
 module_param(mipicsi_flag, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(mipicsi_flag, "mipi csi compression predictor algorithm");
 
+static char firmware_name[256];
+module_param_string(firmware_name, firmware_name, sizeof(firmware_name), 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(firmware_name, "Firmware file name. Allows overriding the default firmware name.");
+
 /*set to 16x16 since this is the amount of lines and pixels the sensor
 exports extra. If these are kept at the 10x8 that they were on, in yuv
 downscaling modes incorrect resolutions where requested to the sensor
@@ -1449,19 +1453,23 @@ atomisp_load_firmware(struct atomisp_device *isp)
 	if (skip_fwload)
 		return NULL;
 
-	if ((isp->media_dev.hw_revision  >> ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
-	     == ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2401)
-		fw_path = "shisp_2401a0_v21.bin";
+	if (firmware_name[0] != '\0') {
+		fw_path = firmware_name;
+	} else {
+		if ((isp->media_dev.hw_revision  >> ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
+		    == ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2401)
+			fw_path = "shisp_2401a0_v21.bin";
 
-	if (isp->media_dev.hw_revision ==
-	    ((ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2401_LEGACY << ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
-	     | ATOMISP_HW_STEPPING_A0))
-		fw_path = "shisp_2401a0_legacy_v21.bin";
+		if (isp->media_dev.hw_revision ==
+		    ((ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2401_LEGACY << ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
+		    | ATOMISP_HW_STEPPING_A0))
+			fw_path = "shisp_2401a0_legacy_v21.bin";
 
-	if (isp->media_dev.hw_revision ==
-	    ((ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2400 << ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
-	     | ATOMISP_HW_STEPPING_B0))
-		fw_path = "shisp_2400b0_v21.bin";
+		if (isp->media_dev.hw_revision ==
+		    ((ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_ISP2400 << ATOMISP_HW_REVISION_SHIFT)
+		    | ATOMISP_HW_STEPPING_B0))
+			fw_path = "shisp_2400b0_v21.bin";
+	}
 
 	if (!fw_path) {
 		dev_err(isp->dev, "Unsupported hw_revision 0x%x\n",