diff --git a/devlink/devlink.c b/devlink/devlink.c
index 1e3deb24..3651e90c 100644
--- a/devlink/devlink.c
+++ b/devlink/devlink.c
@@ -1972,7 +1972,18 @@ param_val_conv_str_get(const struct param_val_conv *param_val_conv,
 	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
-static const struct param_val_conv param_val_conv[] = {};
+static const struct param_val_conv param_val_conv[] = {
+	{
+		.name = "fw_load_policy",
+		.vstr = "driver",
+		.vuint = DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER,
+	},
+	{
+		.name = "fw_load_policy",
+		.vstr = "flash",
+		.vuint = DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH,
+	},
+};
 
 #define PARAM_VAL_CONV_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(param_val_conv)
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 5ee0e739..d0a33d79 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ enum devlink_param_cmode {
 	DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX = __DEVLINK_PARAM_CMODE_MAX - 1
 };
 
+enum devlink_param_fw_load_policy_value {
+	DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_DRIVER,
+	DEVLINK_PARAM_FW_LOAD_POLICY_VALUE_FLASH,
+};
+
 enum devlink_attr {
 	/* don't change the order or add anything between, this is ABI! */
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_UNSPEC,