diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
index c44c0c6afd1b..80add22375ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_bios.c
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
  * BIOS.
  */
 
+#define AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE " 761295520"
+#define AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_OFFSET 0x30
+#define AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_SIZE sizeof(AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE)
+#define AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_END (AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_OFFSET + AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_SIZE)
+#define AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(p) ((p)[0] == 0x55 && (p)[1] == 0xAA)
+#define AMD_VBIOS_LENGTH(p) ((p)[2] << 9)
+
 /* If you boot an IGP board with a discrete card as the primary,
  * the IGP rom is not accessible via the rom bar as the IGP rom is
  * part of the system bios.  On boot, the system bios puts a
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ static bool igp_read_bios_from_vram(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (size == 0 || bios[0] != 0x55 || bios[1] != 0xaa) {
+	if (size == 0 || !AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(bios)) {
 		iounmap(bios);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ static bool igp_read_bios_from_vram(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 
 bool amdgpu_read_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
-	uint8_t __iomem *bios, val1, val2;
+	uint8_t __iomem *bios, val[2];
 	size_t size;
 
 	adev->bios = NULL;
@@ -84,10 +91,10 @@ bool amdgpu_read_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	val1 = readb(&bios[0]);
-	val2 = readb(&bios[1]);
+	val[0] = readb(&bios[0]);
+	val[1] = readb(&bios[1]);
 
-	if (size == 0 || val1 != 0x55 || val2 != 0xaa) {
+	if (size == 0 || !AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(val)) {
 		pci_unmap_rom(adev->pdev, bios);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -101,6 +108,38 @@ bool amdgpu_read_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool amdgpu_read_bios_from_rom(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
+{
+	u8 header[AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_END+1] = {0};
+	int len;
+
+	if (!adev->asic_funcs->read_bios_from_rom)
+		return false;
+
+	/* validate VBIOS signature */
+	if (amdgpu_asic_read_bios_from_rom(adev, &header[0], sizeof(header)) == false)
+		return false;
+	header[AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_END] = 0;
+
+	if ((!AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(header)) ||
+	    0 != memcmp((char *)&header[AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE_OFFSET],
+			AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE,
+			strlen(AMD_VBIOS_SIGNATURE)))
+		return false;
+
+	/* valid vbios, go on */
+	len = AMD_VBIOS_LENGTH(header);
+	len = ALIGN(len, 4);
+	adev->bios = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!adev->bios) {
+		DRM_ERROR("no memory to allocate for BIOS\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/* read complete BIOS */
+	return amdgpu_asic_read_bios_from_rom(adev, adev->bios, len);
+}
+
 static bool amdgpu_read_platform_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 {
 	uint8_t __iomem *bios;
@@ -113,7 +152,7 @@ static bool amdgpu_read_platform_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (size == 0 || bios[0] != 0x55 || bios[1] != 0xaa) {
+	if (size == 0 || !AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(bios)) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	adev->bios = kmemdup(bios, size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -230,7 +269,7 @@ static bool amdgpu_atrm_get_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (i == 0 || adev->bios[0] != 0x55 || adev->bios[1] != 0xaa) {
+	if (i == 0 || !AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(adev->bios)) {
 		kfree(adev->bios);
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -319,6 +358,9 @@ bool amdgpu_get_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		r = igp_read_bios_from_vram(adev);
 	if (r == false)
 		r = amdgpu_read_bios(adev);
+	if (r == false) {
+		r = amdgpu_read_bios_from_rom(adev);
+	}
 	if (r == false) {
 		r = amdgpu_read_disabled_bios(adev);
 	}
@@ -330,7 +372,7 @@ bool amdgpu_get_bios(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 		adev->bios = NULL;
 		return false;
 	}
-	if (adev->bios[0] != 0x55 || adev->bios[1] != 0xaa) {
+	if (!AMD_IS_VALID_VBIOS(adev->bios)) {
 		printk("BIOS signature incorrect %x %x\n", adev->bios[0], adev->bios[1]);
 		goto free_bios;
 	}