diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c
index c471117b1472..507970387b2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/mac.c
@@ -567,21 +567,6 @@ download_firmware_to_mem(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, const u8 *data,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void update_firmware_info(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev,
-				 struct rtw_fw_state *fw)
-{
-	const struct rtw_fw_hdr *fw_hdr =
-				(const struct rtw_fw_hdr *)fw->firmware->data;
-
-	fw->h2c_version = le16_to_cpu(fw_hdr->h2c_fmt_ver);
-	fw->version = le16_to_cpu(fw_hdr->version);
-	fw->sub_version = fw_hdr->subversion;
-	fw->sub_index = fw_hdr->subindex;
-
-	rtw_info(rtwdev, "Firmware version %u.%u.%u, H2C version %u\n",
-		 fw->version, fw->sub_version, fw->sub_index, fw->h2c_version);
-}
-
 static int
 start_download_firmware(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, const u8 *data, u32 size)
 {
@@ -698,8 +683,6 @@ int rtw_download_firmware(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, struct rtw_fw_state *fw)
 	if (ret)
 		goto dlfw_fail;
 
-	update_firmware_info(rtwdev, fw);
-
 	/* reset desc and index */
 	rtw_hci_setup(rtwdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
index 7c1b89c4fb6c..021668f1b74f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c
@@ -1022,12 +1022,22 @@ static void rtw_load_firmware_cb(const struct firmware *firmware, void *context)
 {
 	struct rtw_dev *rtwdev = context;
 	struct rtw_fw_state *fw = &rtwdev->fw;
+	const struct rtw_fw_hdr *fw_hdr;
 
 	if (!firmware)
 		rtw_err(rtwdev, "failed to request firmware\n");
 
+	fw_hdr = (const struct rtw_fw_hdr *)firmware->data;
+	fw->h2c_version = le16_to_cpu(fw_hdr->h2c_fmt_ver);
+	fw->version = le16_to_cpu(fw_hdr->version);
+	fw->sub_version = fw_hdr->subversion;
+	fw->sub_index = fw_hdr->subindex;
+
 	fw->firmware = firmware;
 	complete_all(&fw->completion);
+
+	rtw_info(rtwdev, "Firmware version %u.%u.%u, H2C version %u\n",
+		 fw->version, fw->sub_version, fw->sub_index, fw->h2c_version);
 }
 
 static int rtw_load_firmware(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, const char *fw_name)