diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.c
index a236787fb99f..8849a650e2b5 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ int pil_boot(struct pil_desc *desc)
 	 * Fallback to serial loading of blobs if the
 	 * workqueue creatation failed during module init.
 	 */
-	if (pil_wq) {
+	if (pil_wq && !(desc->sequential_loading)) {
 		ret = pil_load_segs(desc);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_deinit_image;
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.h b/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.h
index a5ddfb04c3af..b5ff71b2f9bb 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.h
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/peripheral-loader.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2020, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2021, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  */
 #ifndef __MSM_PERIPHERAL_LOADER_H
 #define __MSM_PERIPHERAL_LOADER_H
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct pil_desc {
 	bool shutdown_fail;
 	bool modem_ssr;
 	bool clear_fw_region;
+	bool sequential_loading;
 	u32 subsys_vmid;
 	bool signal_aop;
 	struct mbox_client cl;
diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/pil-q6v5-mss.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/pil-q6v5-mss.c
index 276f9807b612..16d144f0696a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/pil-q6v5-mss.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/pil-q6v5-mss.c
@@ -580,6 +580,8 @@ static int pil_mss_loadable_init(struct modem_data *drv,
 
 	q6_desc->ops = &pil_msa_mss_ops;
 
+	q6_desc->sequential_loading = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
+						"qcom,sequential-fw-load");
 	q6->reset_clk = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
 							"qcom,reset-clk");
 	q6->self_auth = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,