diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 91899d185e31..73581b6998b4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static void __fw_load_abort(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 	if (fw_sysfs_done(fw_priv))
 		return;
 
-	list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
 	fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
 }
 
@@ -280,7 +279,6 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_store(struct device *dev,
 			 * Same logic as fw_load_abort, only the DONE bit
 			 * is ignored and we set ABORT only on failure.
 			 */
-			list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
 			if (rc) {
 				fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
 				written = rc;
@@ -513,6 +511,11 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, long timeout)
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+	if (fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+		retval = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	list_add(&fw_priv->pending_list, &pending_fw_head);
 	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 
@@ -540,6 +543,7 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct fw_sysfs *fw_sysfs, long timeout)
 	} else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 
+out:
 	device_del(f_dev);
 err_put_dev:
 	put_device(f_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
index 63bd29fdcb9c..36bdb413c998 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
@@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ static inline void __fw_state_set(struct fw_priv *fw_priv,
 
 	WRITE_ONCE(fw_st->status, status);
 
-	if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED)
+	if (status == FW_STATUS_DONE || status == FW_STATUS_ABORTED) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER
+		list_del_init(&fw_priv->pending_list);
+#endif
 		complete_all(&fw_st->completion);
+	}
 }
 
 static inline void fw_state_aborted(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 4fdb8219cd08..68c549d71230 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -783,8 +783,10 @@ static void fw_abort_batch_reqs(struct firmware *fw)
 		return;
 
 	fw_priv = fw->priv;
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	if (!fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv))
 		fw_state_aborted(fw_priv);
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
 
 /* called from request_firmware() and request_firmware_work_func() */