prefix_type, rowsize,      \
                                             groupsize, buf, len, ascii)
 
-#define FW_ADDR_CHECK(ioaddr, val, msg) do { \
-               ioaddr = wmi_buffer(wil, val); \
-               if (!ioaddr) { \
-                       wil_err_fw(wil, "bad " msg ": 0x%08x\n", \
-                                  le32_to_cpu(val)); \
-                       return -EINVAL; \
-               } \
-       } while (0)
+static bool wil_fw_addr_check(struct wil6210_priv *wil,
+                             void __iomem **ioaddr, __le32 val,
+                             u32 size, const char *msg)
+{
+       *ioaddr = wmi_buffer_block(wil, val, size);
+       if (!(*ioaddr)) {
+               wil_err_fw(wil, "bad %s: 0x%08x\n", msg, le32_to_cpu(val));
+               return false;
+       }
+       return true;
+}
 
 /**
  * wil_fw_verify - verify firmware file validity
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(dst, d->addr, "address");
+       if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &dst, d->addr, s, "address"))
+               return -EINVAL;
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "write [0x%08x] <== %zu bytes\n", le32_to_cpu(d->addr),
                   s);
        wil_memcpy_toio_32(dst, d->data, s);
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(dst, d->addr, "address");
+       if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &dst, d->addr, s, "address"))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        v = le32_to_cpu(d->value);
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "fill [0x%08x] <== 0x%08x, %zu bytes\n",
                u32 v = le32_to_cpu(block[i].value);
                u32 x, y;
 
-               FW_ADDR_CHECK(dst, block[i].addr, "address");
+               if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &dst, block[i].addr, 0, "address"))
+                       return -EINVAL;
 
                x = readl(dst);
                y = (x & m) | (v & ~m);
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "gw write record [%3d] blocks, cmd 0x%08x\n",
                   n, gw_cmd);
 
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_addr, d->gateway_addr_addr, "gateway_addr_addr");
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_val, d->gateway_value_addr, "gateway_value_addr");
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_cmd, d->gateway_cmd_addr, "gateway_cmd_addr");
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_ctl, d->gateway_ctrl_address, "gateway_ctrl_address");
+       if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_addr, d->gateway_addr_addr, 0,
+                              "gateway_addr_addr") ||
+           !wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_val, d->gateway_value_addr, 0,
+                              "gateway_value_addr") ||
+           !wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_cmd, d->gateway_cmd_addr, 0,
+                              "gateway_cmd_addr") ||
+           !wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_ctl, d->gateway_ctrl_address, 0,
+                              "gateway_ctrl_address"))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "gw addresses: addr 0x%08x val 0x%08x"
                   " cmd 0x%08x ctl 0x%08x\n",
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "gw4 write record [%3d] blocks, cmd 0x%08x\n",
                   n, gw_cmd);
 
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_addr, d->gateway_addr_addr, "gateway_addr_addr");
+       if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_addr, d->gateway_addr_addr, 0,
+                              "gateway_addr_addr"))
+               return -EINVAL;
        for (k = 0; k < ARRAY_SIZE(block->value); k++)
-               FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_val[k], d->gateway_value_addr[k],
-                             "gateway_value_addr");
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_cmd, d->gateway_cmd_addr, "gateway_cmd_addr");
-       FW_ADDR_CHECK(gwa_ctl, d->gateway_ctrl_address, "gateway_ctrl_address");
+               if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_val[k],
+                                      d->gateway_value_addr[k],
+                                      0, "gateway_value_addr"))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+       if (!wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_cmd, d->gateway_cmd_addr, 0,
+                              "gateway_cmd_addr") ||
+           !wil_fw_addr_check(wil, &gwa_ctl, d->gateway_ctrl_address, 0,
+                              "gateway_ctrl_address"))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        wil_dbg_fw(wil, "gw4 addresses: addr 0x%08x cmd 0x%08x ctl 0x%08x\n",
                   le32_to_cpu(d->gateway_addr_addr),