diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4623caf8d72d..44c6ea94d727 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5552,7 +5552,7 @@ M:	Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
 L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/firmware_class/
-F:	drivers/base/firmware*.c
+F:	drivers/base/firmware_loader/
 F:	include/linux/firmware.h
 
 FLASH ADAPTER DRIVER (IBM Flash Adapter 900GB Full Height PCI Flash Card)
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index b946a408256d..b9539abec675 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -5,17 +5,14 @@ obj-y			:= component.o core.o bus.o dd.o syscore.o \
 			   driver.o class.o platform.o \
 			   cpu.o firmware.o init.o map.o devres.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
-			   topology.o container.o property.o cacheinfo.o \
-			   firmware_fallback_table.o
+			   topology.o container.o property.o cacheinfo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_BUS_API)	+= isa.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
-firmware_class-objs := firmware_loader.o
-firmware_class-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER) += firmware_fallback.o
+obj-y				+= firmware_loader/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) += memory.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSFS),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a97eeb0be1d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Makefile for the Linux firmware loader
+
+obj-y			:= fallback_table.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
+firmware_class-objs := main.o
+firmware_class-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER) += fallback.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 47690207e0ee..9b65837256d6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/umh.h>
 
-#include "firmware_fallback.h"
-#include "firmware_loader.h"
+#include "fallback.h"
+#include "firmware.h"
 
 /*
  * firmware fallback mechanism
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_fallback.h
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.h
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback_table.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
similarity index 90%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_fallback_table.c
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
index 53cc4e492520..981419044c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_fallback_table.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback_table.c
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #include <linux/umh.h>
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
-#include "firmware_fallback.h"
-#include "firmware_loader.h"
+#include "fallback.h"
+#include "firmware.h"
 
 /*
  * firmware fallback configuration table
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_loader.h
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_loader.c
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 21dd31ef08ae..c8966c84bd44 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * firmware_class.c - Multi purpose firmware loading support
+ * main.c - Multi purpose firmware loading support
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Manuel Estrada Sainz
  *
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 
 #include <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
-#include "base.h"
-#include "firmware_loader.h"
-#include "firmware_fallback.h"
+#include "../base.h"
+#include "firmware.h"
+#include "fallback.h"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Manuel Estrada Sainz");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Multi purpose firmware loading support");