diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
index cc1f7bf53fd0..289e867a77dd 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ menu "Remoteproc drivers"
 config REMOTEPROC
 	tristate
 	depends on HAS_DMA
+	select CRC32
 	select FW_CONFIG
 	select VIRTIO
 
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 9d2a4ac6c706..617b825aa553 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/iommu.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
+#include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_ring.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@
 
 typedef int (*rproc_handle_resources_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
 				struct resource_table *table, int len);
-typedef int (*rproc_handle_resource_t)(struct rproc *rproc, void *, int avail);
+typedef int (*rproc_handle_resource_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
+				 void *, int offset, int avail);
 
 /* Unique indices for remoteproc devices */
 static DEFINE_IDA(rproc_dev_index);
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring)
  * Returns 0 on success, or an appropriate error code otherwise
  */
 static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
-								int avail)
+							int offset, int avail)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev;
@@ -346,6 +348,9 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 	/* remember the device features */
 	rvdev->dfeatures = rsc->dfeatures;
 
+	/* remember the resource offset*/
+	rvdev->rsc_offset = offset;
+
 	list_add_tail(&rvdev->node, &rproc->rvdevs);
 
 	/* it is now safe to add the virtio device */
@@ -377,7 +382,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
  * Returns 0 on success, or an appropriate error code otherwise
  */
 static int rproc_handle_trace(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_trace *rsc,
-								int avail)
+							int offset, int avail)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *trace;
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
@@ -459,7 +464,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_trace(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_trace *rsc,
  * are outside those ranges.
  */
 static int rproc_handle_devmem(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_devmem *rsc,
-								int avail)
+							int offset, int avail)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *mapping;
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
@@ -532,7 +537,9 @@ static int rproc_handle_devmem(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_devmem *rsc,
  * pressure is important; it may have a substantial impact on performance.
  */
 static int rproc_handle_carveout(struct rproc *rproc,
-				struct fw_rsc_carveout *rsc, int avail)
+						struct fw_rsc_carveout *rsc,
+						int offset, int avail)
+
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *carveout, *mapping;
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
@@ -655,7 +662,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_carveout(struct rproc *rproc,
 }
 
 static int rproc_count_vrings(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
-				 int avail)
+			      int offset, int avail)
 {
 	/* Summarize the number of notification IDs */
 	rproc->max_notifyid += rsc->num_of_vrings;
@@ -683,17 +690,16 @@ static rproc_handle_resource_t rproc_count_vrings_handler[RSC_LAST] = {
 };
 
 /* handle firmware resource entries before booting the remote processor */
-static int rproc_handle_resources(struct rproc *rproc,
-				  struct resource_table *table, int len,
+static int rproc_handle_resources(struct rproc *rproc, int len,
 				  rproc_handle_resource_t handlers[RSC_LAST])
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	rproc_handle_resource_t handler;
 	int ret = 0, i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < table->num; i++) {
-		int offset = table->offset[i];
-		struct fw_rsc_hdr *hdr = (void *)table + offset;
+	for (i = 0; i < rproc->table_ptr->num; i++) {
+		int offset = rproc->table_ptr->offset[i];
+		struct fw_rsc_hdr *hdr = (void *)rproc->table_ptr + offset;
 		int avail = len - offset - sizeof(*hdr);
 		void *rsc = (void *)hdr + sizeof(*hdr);
 
@@ -714,7 +720,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_resources(struct rproc *rproc,
 		if (!handler)
 			continue;
 
-		ret = handler(rproc, rsc, avail);
+		ret = handler(rproc, rsc, offset + sizeof(*hdr), avail);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -772,9 +778,12 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	const char *name = rproc->firmware;
-	struct resource_table *table;
+	struct resource_table *table, *loaded_table;
 	int ret, tablesz;
 
+	if (!rproc->table_ptr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = rproc_fw_sanity_check(rproc, fw);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -800,9 +809,15 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 		goto clean_up;
 	}
 
+	/* Verify that resource table in loaded fw is unchanged */
+	if (rproc->table_csum != crc32(0, table, tablesz)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "resource checksum failed, fw changed?\n");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto clean_up;
+	}
+
 	/* handle fw resources which are required to boot rproc */
-	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, table, tablesz,
-				     rproc_loading_handlers);
+	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, tablesz, rproc_loading_handlers);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to process resources: %d\n", ret);
 		goto clean_up;
@@ -815,6 +830,19 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 		goto clean_up;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The starting device has been given the rproc->cached_table as the
+	 * resource table. The address of the vring along with the other
+	 * allocated resources (carveouts etc) is stored in cached_table.
+	 * In order to pass this information to the remote device we must
+	 * copy this information to device memory.
+	 */
+	loaded_table = rproc_find_loaded_rsc_table(rproc, fw);
+	if (!loaded_table)
+		goto clean_up;
+
+	memcpy(loaded_table, rproc->cached_table, tablesz);
+
 	/* power up the remote processor */
 	ret = rproc->ops->start(rproc);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -822,6 +850,13 @@ static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 		goto clean_up;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Update table_ptr so that all subsequent vring allocations and
+	 * virtio fields manipulation update the actual loaded resource table
+	 * in device memory.
+	 */
+	rproc->table_ptr = loaded_table;
+
 	rproc->state = RPROC_RUNNING;
 
 	dev_info(dev, "remote processor %s is now up\n", rproc->name);
@@ -856,16 +891,30 @@ static void rproc_fw_config_virtio(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
 	if (!table)
 		goto out;
 
+	rproc->table_csum = crc32(0, table, tablesz);
+
+	/*
+	 * Create a copy of the resource table. When a virtio device starts
+	 * and calls vring_new_virtqueue() the address of the allocated vring
+	 * will be stored in the cached_table. Before the device is started,
+	 * cached_table will be copied into devic memory.
+	 */
+	rproc->cached_table = kmalloc(tablesz, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rproc->cached_table)
+		goto out;
+
+	memcpy(rproc->cached_table, table, tablesz);
+	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
+
 	/* count the number of notify-ids */
 	rproc->max_notifyid = -1;
-	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, table, tablesz,
-				    rproc_count_vrings_handler);
-
-	/* look for virtio devices and register them */
-	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, table, tablesz, rproc_vdev_handler);
+	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, tablesz, rproc_count_vrings_handler);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* look for virtio devices and register them */
+	ret = rproc_handle_resources(rproc, tablesz, rproc_vdev_handler);
+
 out:
 	release_firmware(fw);
 	/* allow rproc_del() contexts, if any, to proceed */
@@ -923,6 +972,9 @@ int rproc_trigger_recovery(struct rproc *rproc)
 	/* wait until there is no more rproc users */
 	wait_for_completion(&rproc->crash_comp);
 
+	/* Free the copy of the resource table */
+	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
+
 	return rproc_add_virtio_devices(rproc);
 }
 
@@ -1078,6 +1130,9 @@ void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 	rproc_disable_iommu(rproc);
 
+	/* Give the next start a clean resource table */
+	rproc->table_ptr = rproc->cached_table;
+
 	/* if in crash state, unlock crash handler */
 	if (rproc->state == RPROC_CRASHED)
 		complete_all(&rproc->crash_comp);
@@ -1288,6 +1343,9 @@ int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(rvdev, tmp, &rproc->rvdevs, node)
 		rproc_remove_virtio_dev(rvdev);
 
+	/* Free the copy of the resource table */
+	kfree(rproc->cached_table);
+
 	device_del(&rproc->dev);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index faf33324c78f..b4cef16460f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ enum rproc_crash_type {
  * @crash_comp: completion used to sync crash handler and the rproc reload
  * @recovery_disabled: flag that state if recovery was disabled
  * @max_notifyid: largest allocated notify id.
+ * @table_ptr: pointer to the resource table in effect
+ * @cached_table: copy of the resource table
+ * @table_csum: checksum of the resource table
  */
 struct rproc {
 	struct klist_node node;
@@ -429,9 +432,13 @@ struct rproc {
 	struct completion crash_comp;
 	bool recovery_disabled;
 	int max_notifyid;
+	struct resource_table *table_ptr;
+	struct resource_table *cached_table;
+	u32 table_csum;
 };
 
 /* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
+
 #define RVDEV_NUM_VRINGS 2
 
 /**
@@ -464,6 +471,7 @@ struct rproc_vring {
  * @vring: the vrings for this vdev
  * @dfeatures: virtio device features
  * @gfeatures: virtio guest features
+ * @rsc_offset: offset of the vdev's resource entry
  */
 struct rproc_vdev {
 	struct list_head node;
@@ -472,6 +480,7 @@ struct rproc_vdev {
 	struct rproc_vring vring[RVDEV_NUM_VRINGS];
 	unsigned long dfeatures;
 	unsigned long gfeatures;
+	u32 rsc_offset;
 };
 
 struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev, const char *name,