MODULE_FIRMWARE("ast_dp501_fw.bin");
 
+static void ast_release_firmware(void *data)
+{
+       struct ast_private *ast = data;
+
+       release_firmware(ast->dp501_fw);
+       ast->dp501_fw = NULL;
+}
+
 static int ast_load_dp501_microcode(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
        struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(dev);
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = request_firmware(&ast->dp501_fw, "ast_dp501_fw.bin", dev->dev);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
-       return request_firmware(&ast->dp501_fw, "ast_dp501_fw.bin", dev->dev);
+       return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev->dev, ast_release_firmware, ast);
 }
 
 static void send_ack(struct ast_private *ast)
                }
        }
 }
-
-void ast_release_firmware(struct drm_device *dev)
-{
-       struct ast_private *ast = to_ast_private(dev);
-
-       release_firmware(ast->dp501_fw);
-       ast->dp501_fw = NULL;
-}
 
 bool ast_dp501_read_edid(struct drm_device *dev, u8 *ediddata);
 u8 ast_get_dp501_max_clk(struct drm_device *dev);
 void ast_init_3rdtx(struct drm_device *dev);
-void ast_release_firmware(struct drm_device *dev);
 
 /* ast_cursor.c */
 int ast_cursor_init(struct ast_private *ast);
 
 
 void ast_device_destroy(struct ast_private *ast)
 {
-       struct drm_device *dev = &ast->base;
-
        /* enable standard VGA decode */
        ast_set_index_reg(ast, AST_IO_CRTC_PORT, 0xa1, 0x04);
 
-       ast_release_firmware(dev);
        kfree(ast->dp501_fw_addr);
 }