1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 8c798ef7f13f..bbb03e6f7255 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ static int _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p,
         if (!firmware_p)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
+        if (WARN_ON(usermodehelper_is_disabled())) {
+                dev_err(device, "firmware: %s will not be loaded\n", name);
+                return -EBUSY;
+        }
+
         *firmware_p = firmware = kzalloc(sizeof(*firmware), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!firmware) {
                 dev_err(device, "%s: kmalloc(struct firmware) failed\n",