diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
index 062ff914b274..c189ede4ef55 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.c
@@ -298,31 +298,38 @@ void intel_huc_init_early(struct intel_huc *huc)
 static int check_huc_loading_mode(struct intel_huc *huc)
 {
 	struct intel_gt *gt = huc_to_gt(huc);
-	bool fw_needs_gsc = intel_huc_is_loaded_by_gsc(huc);
-	bool hw_uses_gsc = false;
+	bool fw_is_meu = huc->fw.is_meu_binary;
 
 	/*
 	 * The fuse for HuC load via GSC is only valid on platforms that have
 	 * GuC deprivilege.
 	 */
 	if (HAS_GUC_DEPRIVILEGE(gt->i915))
-		hw_uses_gsc = intel_uncore_read(gt->uncore, GUC_SHIM_CONTROL2) &
-			      GSC_LOADS_HUC;
+		huc->loaded_via_gsc = intel_uncore_read(gt->uncore, GUC_SHIM_CONTROL2) &
+				      GSC_LOADS_HUC;
 
-	if (fw_needs_gsc != hw_uses_gsc) {
-		huc_err(huc, "mismatch between FW (%s) and HW (%s) load modes\n",
-			HUC_LOAD_MODE_STRING(fw_needs_gsc), HUC_LOAD_MODE_STRING(hw_uses_gsc));
+	if (huc->loaded_via_gsc && !fw_is_meu) {
+		huc_err(huc, "HW requires a MEU blob, but we found a legacy one\n");
 		return -ENOEXEC;
 	}
 
-	/* make sure we can access the GSC via the mei driver if we need it */
+	/*
+	 * Newer meu blobs contain the old FW structure inside. If we found
+	 * that, we can use it to load the legacy way.
+	 */
+	if (!huc->loaded_via_gsc && fw_is_meu && !huc->fw.dma_start_offset) {
+		huc_err(huc," HW in legacy mode, but we have an incompatible meu blob\n");
+		return -ENOEXEC;
+	}
+
+	/* make sure we can access the GSC if we need it */
 	if (!(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_PXP) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_GSC)) &&
-	    fw_needs_gsc) {
+	    !HAS_ENGINE(gt, GSC0) && huc->loaded_via_gsc) {
 		huc_info(huc, "can't load due to missing MEI modules\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	huc_dbg(huc, "loaded by GSC = %s\n", str_yes_no(fw_needs_gsc));
+	huc_dbg(huc, "loaded by GSC = %s\n", str_yes_no(huc->loaded_via_gsc));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.h
index db555b3c1f56..345e1b9aa062 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct intel_huc {
 		struct notifier_block nb;
 		enum intel_huc_delayed_load_status status;
 	} delayed_load;
+
+	bool loaded_via_gsc;
 };
 
 int intel_huc_sanitize(struct intel_huc *huc);
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ static inline bool intel_huc_is_used(struct intel_huc *huc)
 
 static inline bool intel_huc_is_loaded_by_gsc(const struct intel_huc *huc)
 {
-	return huc->fw.loaded_via_gsc;
+	return huc->loaded_via_gsc;
 }
 
 static inline bool intel_huc_wait_required(struct intel_huc *huc)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c
index f1c973e1c676..88ad2c322c4a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_huc_fw.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int intel_huc_fw_get_binary_info(struct intel_uc_fw *huc_fw, const void *data, s
 	size_t min_size = sizeof(*header);
 	int i;
 
-	if (!huc_fw->loaded_via_gsc) {
+	if (!huc_fw->is_meu_binary) {
 		huc_err(huc, "Invalid FW type MEU parsing!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
index da6fcfe1d80a..3338dd45e78b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct __packed uc_fw_blob {
 	u8 major;
 	u8 minor;
 	u8 patch;
-	bool loaded_via_gsc;
+	bool is_meu_binary;
 };
 
 #define UC_FW_BLOB_BASE(major_, minor_, patch_, path_) \
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ struct __packed uc_fw_blob {
 	.patch = patch_, \
 	.path = path_,
 
-#define UC_FW_BLOB_NEW(major_, minor_, patch_, gsc_, path_) \
+#define UC_FW_BLOB_NEW(major_, minor_, patch_, meu_, path_) \
 	{ UC_FW_BLOB_BASE(major_, minor_, patch_, path_) \
-	  .legacy = false, .loaded_via_gsc = gsc_ }
+	  .legacy = false, .is_meu_binary = meu_ }
 
 #define UC_FW_BLOB_OLD(major_, minor_, patch_, path_) \
 	{ UC_FW_BLOB_BASE(major_, minor_, patch_, path_) \
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ __uc_fw_auto_select(struct drm_i915_private *i915, struct intel_uc_fw *uc_fw)
 		uc_fw->file_wanted.path = blob->path;
 		uc_fw->file_wanted.ver.major = blob->major;
 		uc_fw->file_wanted.ver.minor = blob->minor;
-		uc_fw->loaded_via_gsc = blob->loaded_via_gsc;
+		uc_fw->is_meu_binary = blob->is_meu_binary;
 		found = true;
 		break;
 	}
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ static int check_fw_header(struct intel_gt *gt,
 	if (uc_fw->type == INTEL_UC_FW_TYPE_GSC)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (uc_fw->loaded_via_gsc)
+	if (uc_fw->is_meu_binary)
 		err = check_gsc_manifest(gt, fw, uc_fw);
 	else
 		err = check_ccs_header(gt, fw, uc_fw);
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static int uc_fw_xfer(struct intel_uc_fw *uc_fw, u32 dst_offset, u32 dma_flags)
 	intel_uncore_forcewake_get(uncore, FORCEWAKE_ALL);
 
 	/* Set the source address for the uCode */
-	offset = uc_fw->dummy.start;
+	offset = uc_fw->dummy.start + uc_fw->dma_start_offset;
 	GEM_BUG_ON(upper_32_bits(offset) & 0xFFFF0000);
 	intel_uncore_write_fw(uncore, DMA_ADDR_0_LOW, lower_32_bits(offset));
 	intel_uncore_write_fw(uncore, DMA_ADDR_0_HIGH, upper_32_bits(offset));
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ size_t intel_uc_fw_copy_rsa(struct intel_uc_fw *uc_fw, void *dst, u32 max_len)
 {
 	struct intel_memory_region *mr = uc_fw->obj->mm.region;
 	u32 size = min_t(u32, uc_fw->rsa_size, max_len);
-	u32 offset = sizeof(struct uc_css_header) + uc_fw->ucode_size;
+	u32 offset = uc_fw->dma_start_offset + sizeof(struct uc_css_header) + uc_fw->ucode_size;
 	struct sgt_iter iter;
 	size_t count = 0;
 	int idx;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.h
index 2691bb6bde48..8f2306627332 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/uc/intel_uc_fw.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct intel_uc_fw {
 
 	u32 dma_start_offset;
 
-	bool loaded_via_gsc;
+	bool is_meu_binary;
 };
 
 /*
