diff --git a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
index f1de38f..5d76cd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/myri10ge/myri10ge.c
@@ -3548,7 +3548,11 @@
 
 	/* try to load the slice aware rss firmware */
 	old_fw = mgp->fw_name;
-	if (old_fw == myri10ge_fw_aligned)
+	if (myri10ge_fw_name != NULL) {
+		dev_info(&mgp->pdev->dev, "overriding rss firmware to %s\n",
+			 myri10ge_fw_name);
+		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_name;
+	} else if (old_fw == myri10ge_fw_aligned)
 		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_rss_aligned;
 	else
 		mgp->fw_name = myri10ge_fw_rss_unaligned;