diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c
index 808e9609988d..42a7a3a0b62b 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct qcom_pas_data {
 	int region_assign_count;
 	bool region_assign_shared;
 	int region_assign_vmid;
+	bool early_boot;
 };
 
 struct qcom_pas {
@@ -507,6 +508,57 @@ static unsigned long qcom_pas_panic(struct rproc *rproc)
 	return qcom_q6v5_panic(&pas->q6v5);
 }
 
+static int qcom_pas_attach(struct rproc *rproc)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct qcom_pas *pas = rproc->priv;
+	bool ready_state;
+	bool crash_state;
+
+	pas->q6v5.handover_issued = true;
+	enable_irq(pas->q6v5.handover_irq);
+
+	pas->q6v5.running = true;
+	ret = irq_get_irqchip_state(pas->q6v5.fatal_irq,
+				    IRQCHIP_STATE_LINE_LEVEL, &crash_state);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto disable_running;
+
+	if (crash_state) {
+		dev_err(pas->dev, "Subsystem has crashed before driver probe\n");
+		rproc_report_crash(rproc, RPROC_FATAL_ERROR);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto disable_running;
+	}
+
+	ret = irq_get_irqchip_state(pas->q6v5.ready_irq,
+				    IRQCHIP_STATE_LINE_LEVEL, &ready_state);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto disable_running;
+
+	if (unlikely(!ready_state)) {
+		/*
+		 * The bootloader may not support early boot, mark the state as
+		 * RPROC_OFFLINE so that the PAS driver can load the firmware and
+		 * start the remoteproc.
+		 */
+		dev_err(pas->dev, "Failed to get subsystem ready interrupt\n");
+		pas->rproc->state = RPROC_OFFLINE;
+		disable_irq(pas->q6v5.handover_irq);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto disable_running;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+disable_running:
+	pas->q6v5.running = false;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const struct rproc_ops qcom_pas_ops = {
 	.unprepare = qcom_pas_unprepare,
 	.start = qcom_pas_start,
@@ -515,6 +567,7 @@ static const struct rproc_ops qcom_pas_ops = {
 	.parse_fw = qcom_pas_parse_firmware,
 	.load = qcom_pas_load,
 	.panic = qcom_pas_panic,
+	.attach = qcom_pas_attach,
 };
 
 static const struct rproc_ops qcom_pas_minidump_ops = {
@@ -526,6 +579,7 @@ static const struct rproc_ops qcom_pas_minidump_ops = {
 	.load = qcom_pas_load,
 	.panic = qcom_pas_panic,
 	.coredump = qcom_pas_minidump,
+	.attach = qcom_pas_attach,
 };
 
 static int qcom_pas_init_clock(struct qcom_pas *pas)
@@ -852,6 +906,10 @@ static int qcom_pas_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pas->pas_ctx->use_tzmem = rproc->has_iommu;
 	pas->dtb_pas_ctx->use_tzmem = rproc->has_iommu;
+
+	if (desc->early_boot)
+		pas->rproc->state = RPROC_DETACHED;
+
 	ret = rproc_add(rproc);
 	if (ret)
 		goto remove_ssr_sysmon;