diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst
index ad2c33ece30f..454b3ed6576a 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pldmfw/index.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@ unaligned access of multi-byte fields, and to properly convert from Little
 Endian to CPU host format. Additionally the records, descriptors, and
 components are stored in linked lists.
 
+Validating a PLDM firmware file
+===============================
+
+To simply validate a PLDM firmware file, and verify whether it applies to
+the device, set the ``dry_run`` flag in the ``pldmfw`` context structure.
+If this flag is set, the library will parse the file, validating its UUID
+and checking if any record matches the device. Note that in a dry run, the
+library will *not* issue any ops besides ``match_record``. It will not
+attempt to send the component table or package data to the device firmware.
+
 Performing a flash update
 =========================
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c
index 3337314a7b35..18214ea33e2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_devlink.c
@@ -467,7 +467,8 @@ ice_devlink_reload_empr_finish(struct devlink *devlink,
 }
 
 static const struct devlink_ops ice_devlink_ops = {
-	.supported_flash_update_params = DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK,
+	.supported_flash_update_params = DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK |
+					 DEVLINK_SUPPORT_FLASH_UPDATE_DRY_RUN,
 	.reload_actions = BIT(DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_FW_ACTIVATE),
 	/* The ice driver currently does not support driver reinit */
 	.reload_down = ice_devlink_reload_empr_start,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c
index 3dc5662d62a6..63317ae88186 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fw_update.c
@@ -1015,15 +1015,21 @@ int ice_devlink_flash_update(struct devlink *devlink,
 	else
 		priv.context.ops = &ice_fwu_ops_e810;
 	priv.context.dev = dev;
+	priv.context.dry_run = params->dry_run;
 	priv.extack = extack;
 	priv.pf = pf;
 	priv.activate_flags = preservation;
 
-	devlink_flash_update_status_notify(devlink, "Preparing to flash", NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (params->dry_run)
+		devlink_flash_update_status_notify(devlink, "Validating flash binary", NULL, 0, 0);
+	else
+		devlink_flash_update_status_notify(devlink, "Preparing to flash", NULL, 0, 0);
 
-	err = ice_cancel_pending_update(pf, NULL, extack);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	if (!params->dry_run) {
+		err = ice_cancel_pending_update(pf, NULL, extack);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	err = ice_acquire_nvm(hw, ICE_RES_WRITE);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/include/linux/pldmfw.h b/include/linux/pldmfw.h
index 0fc831338226..d9add301582b 100644
--- a/include/linux/pldmfw.h
+++ b/include/linux/pldmfw.h
@@ -124,10 +124,15 @@ struct pldmfw_ops;
  * should embed this in a private structure and use container_of to obtain
  * a pointer to their own data, used to implement the device specific
  * operations.
+ *
+ * @ops: function pointers used as callbacks from the PLDMFW library
+ * @dev: pointer to the device being updated
+ * @dry_run: if true, only validate the file, do not perform an update.
  */
 struct pldmfw {
 	const struct pldmfw_ops *ops;
 	struct device *dev;
+	bool dry_run;
 };
 
 bool pldmfw_op_pci_match_record(struct pldmfw *context, struct pldmfw_record *record);
diff --git a/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c b/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
index 6e77eb6d8e72..29a132a39876 100644
--- a/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
+++ b/lib/pldmfw/pldmfw.c
@@ -827,6 +827,10 @@ static int pldm_finalize_update(struct pldmfw_priv *data)
  * to the device firmware. Extract and write the flash data for each of the
  * components indicated in the firmware file.
  *
+ * If the context->dry_run is set, this is a request for a dry run, i.e. to
+ * only validate the PLDM firmware file. In this case, stop and exit after we
+ * find a valid matching record.
+ *
  * Returns: zero on success, or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int pldmfw_flash_image(struct pldmfw *context, const struct firmware *fw)
@@ -844,14 +848,22 @@ int pldmfw_flash_image(struct pldmfw *context, const struct firmware *fw)
 	data->fw = fw;
 	data->context = context;
 
+	/* Parse the image and make sure it is a valid PLDM firmware binary */
 	err = pldm_parse_image(data);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_release_data;
 
+	/* Search for a record matching the device */
 	err = pldm_find_matching_record(data);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_release_data;
 
+	/* If this is a dry run, do not perform an update */
+	if (context->dry_run)
+		goto out_release_data;
+
+	/* Perform the device update */
+
 	err = pldm_send_package_data(data);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_release_data;
