diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
index b8b716faf192..2733070acf39 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus-fixup.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ static int mei_fwver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 		cldev->bus->fw_ver[i].hotfix = fwver->ver[i].hotfix;
 		cldev->bus->fw_ver[i].buildno = fwver->ver[i].buildno;
 	}
+	cldev->bus->fw_ver_received = 1;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -237,8 +238,11 @@ static void mei_gsc_mkhi_ver(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	/* No need to enable the client if nothing is needed from it */
-	if (!cldev->bus->fw_f_fw_ver_supported)
+	/*
+	 * No need to enable the client if nothing is needed from it.
+	 * No need to fill in version if it is already filled in by the fix address client.
+	 */
+	if (!cldev->bus->fw_f_fw_ver_supported || cldev->bus->fw_ver_received)
 		return;
 
 	ret = mei_cldev_enable(cldev);
@@ -555,8 +559,8 @@ static struct mei_fixup {
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_NFC_HCI, mei_nfc),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_WD, mei_wd),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_MKHIF_FIX, mei_mkhi_fix),
-	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_IGSC_MKHI, mei_gsc_mkhi_ver),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_IGSC_MKHI_FIX, mei_gsc_mkhi_fix_ver),
+	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_IGSC_MKHI, mei_gsc_mkhi_ver),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_HDCP, whitelist),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_ANY, vt_support),
 	MEI_FIXUP(MEI_UUID_PAVP, pxp_is_ready),
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
index 5cc75a3314a6..c35e005b26be 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/init.c
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ int mei_reset(struct mei_device *dev)
 
 	mei_hbm_reset(dev);
 
+	/* clean stale FW version */
+	dev->fw_ver_received = 0;
+
 	memset(dev->rd_msg_hdr, 0, sizeof(dev->rd_msg_hdr));
 
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 895011b7a0bf..cdf8a2edf0b3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ struct mei_dev_timeouts {
  * @fw_ver : FW versions
  *
  * @fw_f_fw_ver_supported : fw feature: fw version supported
+ * @fw_ver_received : fw version received
  *
  * @me_clients_rwsem: rw lock over me_clients list
  * @me_clients  : list of FW clients
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@ struct mei_device {
 	struct mei_fw_version fw_ver[MEI_MAX_FW_VER_BLOCKS];
 
 	unsigned int fw_f_fw_ver_supported:1;
+	unsigned int fw_ver_received:1;
 
 	struct rw_semaphore me_clients_rwsem;
 	struct list_head me_clients;