diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c
index 04ca43c77e5f..7966c132be8f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateful.c
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ static struct vb2_ops mtk_vdec_frame_vb2_ops = {
 };
 
 const struct mtk_vcodec_dec_pdata mtk_vdec_8173_pdata = {
-	.chip = MTK_MT8173,
 	.init_vdec_params = mtk_init_vdec_params,
 	.ctrls_setup = mtk_vcodec_dec_ctrls_setup,
 	.vdec_vb2_ops = &mtk_vdec_frame_vb2_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c
index 6c67b7f65f9c..1a4013f4fb83 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_dec_stateless.c
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static struct vb2_ops mtk_vdec_request_vb2_ops = {
 };
 
 const struct mtk_vcodec_dec_pdata mtk_vdec_8183_pdata = {
-	.chip = MTK_MT8183,
 	.init_vdec_params = mtk_init_vdec_params,
 	.ctrls_setup = mtk_vcodec_dec_ctrls_setup,
 	.vdec_vb2_ops = &mtk_vdec_request_vb2_ops,
@@ -363,7 +362,6 @@ const struct mtk_vcodec_dec_pdata mtk_vdec_8183_pdata = {
 
 /* This platform data is used for one lat and one core architecture. */
 const struct mtk_vcodec_dec_pdata mtk_lat_sig_core_pdata = {
-	.chip = MTK_MT8192,
 	.init_vdec_params = mtk_init_vdec_params,
 	.ctrls_setup = mtk_vcodec_dec_ctrls_setup,
 	.vdec_vb2_ops = &mtk_vdec_request_vb2_ops,
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_drv.h b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_drv.h
index a558cc16026d..e9a31306b956 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_drv.h
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ enum mtk_vdec_hw_arch {
  * @vdec_framesizes: supported video decoder frame sizes
  * @num_framesizes: count of video decoder frame sizes
  *
- * @chip: chip this decoder is compatible with
  * @hw_arch: hardware arch is used to separate pure_sin_core and lat_sin_core
  *
  * @is_subdev_supported: whether support parent-node architecture(subdev)
@@ -390,7 +389,6 @@ struct mtk_vcodec_dec_pdata {
 	const struct mtk_codec_framesizes *vdec_framesizes;
 	const int num_framesizes;
 
-	enum mtk_chip chip;
 	enum mtk_vdec_hw_arch hw_arch;
 
 	bool is_subdev_supported;
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.c
index 94b39ae5c2e1..556e54aadac9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.c
@@ -65,3 +65,9 @@ int mtk_vcodec_fw_ipi_send(struct mtk_vcodec_fw *fw, int id, void *buf,
 	return fw->ops->ipi_send(fw, id, buf, len, wait);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtk_vcodec_fw_ipi_send);
+
+int mtk_vcodec_fw_get_type(struct mtk_vcodec_fw *fw)
+{
+	return fw->type;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtk_vcodec_fw_get_type);
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.h b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.h
index 539bb626772c..acd355961e3a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.h
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/mtk_vcodec_fw.h
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ int mtk_vcodec_fw_ipi_register(struct mtk_vcodec_fw *fw, int id,
 			       const char *name, void *priv);
 int mtk_vcodec_fw_ipi_send(struct mtk_vcodec_fw *fw, int id,
 			   void *buf, unsigned int len, unsigned int wait);
+int mtk_vcodec_fw_get_type(struct mtk_vcodec_fw *fw);
 
 #endif /* _MTK_VCODEC_FW_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
index c84fac52fe26..21f6d9c5a371 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/mtk-vcodec/vdec_vpu_if.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ static void handle_init_ack_msg(const struct vdec_vpu_ipi_init_ack *msg)
 	 */
 	vpu->inst_id = 0xdeadbeef;
 
-	/* Firmware version field does not exist on MT8173. */
-	if (vpu->ctx->dev->vdec_pdata->chip == MTK_MT8173)
+	/* VPU firmware does not contain a version field. */
+	if (mtk_vcodec_fw_get_type(vpu->ctx->dev->fw_handler) == VPU)
 		return;
 
 	/* Check firmware version. */
