diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
index 5cb62e6249c2..6e7058a2d1c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.c
@@ -1091,3 +1091,39 @@ void amdgpu_ucode_ip_version_decode(struct amdgpu_device *adev, int block_type,
 
 	snprintf(ucode_prefix, len, "%s_%d_%d_%d", ip_name, maj, min, rev);
 }
+
+/*
+ * amdgpu_ucode_request - Fetch and validate amdgpu microcode
+ *
+ * @adev: amdgpu device
+ * @fw: pointer to load firmware to
+ * @fw_name: firmware to load
+ *
+ * This is a helper that will use request_firmware and amdgpu_ucode_validate
+ * to load and run basic validation on firmware. If the load fails, remap
+ * the error code to -ENODEV, so that early_init functions will fail to load.
+ */
+int amdgpu_ucode_request(struct amdgpu_device *adev, const struct firmware **fw,
+			 const char *fw_name)
+{
+	int err = request_firmware(fw, fw_name, adev->dev);
+
+	if (err)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	err = amdgpu_ucode_validate(*fw);
+	if (err)
+		dev_dbg(adev->dev, "\"%s\" failed to validate\n", fw_name);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*
+ * amdgpu_ucode_release - Release firmware microcode
+ *
+ * @fw: pointer to firmware to release
+ */
+void amdgpu_ucode_release(const struct firmware **fw)
+{
+	release_firmware(*fw);
+	*fw = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.h
index 1c36235b4539..4c20eb410960 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ucode.h
@@ -543,6 +543,9 @@ void amdgpu_ucode_print_sdma_hdr(const struct common_firmware_header *hdr);
 void amdgpu_ucode_print_psp_hdr(const struct common_firmware_header *hdr);
 void amdgpu_ucode_print_gpu_info_hdr(const struct common_firmware_header *hdr);
 int amdgpu_ucode_validate(const struct firmware *fw);
+int amdgpu_ucode_request(struct amdgpu_device *adev, const struct firmware **fw,
+			 const char *fw_name);
+void amdgpu_ucode_release(const struct firmware **fw);
 bool amdgpu_ucode_hdr_version(union amdgpu_firmware_header *hdr,
 				uint16_t hdr_major, uint16_t hdr_minor);