diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 5af7547b9d8d..fd257607a578 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -944,8 +944,8 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 
 	rproc->bootaddr = rproc_get_boot_addr(rproc, fw);
 
-	/* load resource table */
-	ret = rproc_load_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
+	/* Load resource table, core dump segment list etc from the firmware */
+	ret = rproc_parse_fw(rproc, fw);
 	if (ret)
 		goto disable_iommu;
 
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 	/* Default to ELF loader if no load function is specified */
 	if (!rproc->ops->load) {
 		rproc->ops->load = rproc_elf_load_segments;
-		rproc->ops->load_rsc_table = rproc_elf_load_rsc_table;
+		rproc->ops->parse_fw = rproc_elf_load_rsc_table;
 		rproc->ops->find_loaded_rsc_table = rproc_elf_find_loaded_rsc_table;
 		rproc->ops->sanity_check = rproc_elf_sanity_check;
 		rproc->ops->get_boot_addr = rproc_elf_get_boot_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
index 55a2950c5cb7..7570beb035b5 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_internal.h
@@ -88,11 +88,10 @@ int rproc_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-static inline int rproc_load_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc,
-				       const struct firmware *fw)
+static inline int rproc_parse_fw(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
-	if (rproc->ops->load_rsc_table)
-		return rproc->ops->load_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
+	if (rproc->ops->parse_fw)
+		return rproc->ops->parse_fw(rproc, fw);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index b60c3a31b75d..f16864acedad 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ struct rproc_ops {
 	int (*stop)(struct rproc *rproc);
 	void (*kick)(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid);
 	void * (*da_to_va)(struct rproc *rproc, u64 da, int len);
-	int (*load_rsc_table)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
+	int (*parse_fw)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 	struct resource_table *(*find_loaded_rsc_table)(
 				struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);
 	int (*load)(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw);