diff --git a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_console_dbfs.c b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_console_dbfs.c
index c45bd112..ff5d6cdb 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_console_dbfs.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_console_dbfs.c
@@ -224,13 +224,15 @@ adsp_consol_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			ret = -EACCES;
 			break;
 		}
+
+		dev_info(dev, "Core ID: %d\n", app_args.core_id);
 		app_args.app_name[NVADSP_NAME_SZ_MAX] = '\0';
 
 #ifdef USE_RUN_APP_API
 		app_args.ctx2 = (uint64_t)nvadsp_run_app(NULL,
 			app_args.app_name,
 			(nvadsp_app_args_t *)&app_args.args[0],
-			NULL, 0, true);
+			NULL, 0, app_args.core_id, true);
 		if (!app_args.ctx2) {
 			dev_info(dev, "adsp_consol: unable to run %s\n",
 				app_args.app_name);
diff --git a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_shared_struct.h b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_shared_struct.h
index 099173e1..b7615a7e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_shared_struct.h
+++ b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adsp_shared_struct.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * A header file containing shared data structures shared with ADSP OS
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2015-2021 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (C) 2015-2022 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
  * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct run_app_instance_data {
 	struct app_mem_size mem_size;
 	nvadsp_app_args_t app_args;
 	uint32_t stack_size;
+	uint32_t core_id;
 	uint32_t message;
 } __packed;
 
diff --git a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/app.c b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/app.c
index 911f24a1..3cfb5f37 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/app.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/app.c
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ static void fill_app_instance_data(nvadsp_app_info_t *app,
 
 static nvadsp_app_info_t *create_app_instance(nvadsp_app_handle_t handle,
 	nvadsp_app_args_t *app_args, struct run_app_instance_data *data,
-	app_complete_status_notifier notifier, uint32_t stack_size)
+	app_complete_status_notifier notifier, uint32_t stack_size,
+	uint32_t core_id)
 {
 	struct nvadsp_app_service *ser = (void *)handle;
 	struct device *dev = &priv.pdev->dev;
@@ -581,6 +582,8 @@ static nvadsp_app_info_t *create_app_instance(nvadsp_app_handle_t handle,
 
 	/* assign the stack that is needed by the app */
 	data->stack_size  = stack_size;
+	/* assign the core that is needed by the app */
+	data->core_id  = core_id;
 
 	/* set the state to INITIALIZED. No need to do it in a spin lock */
 	state = (int *)&app->state;
@@ -652,7 +655,8 @@ nvadsp_app_info_t __must_check *nvadsp_app_init(nvadsp_app_handle_t handle,
 	msgq_send = &msg_pool->app_loader_send_message.msgq;
 	data = &message->data;
 
-	app = create_app_instance(handle, args, &data->app_init, NULL, 0);
+	/* Pinning app to core 0 by default */
+	app = create_app_instance(handle, args, &data->app_init, NULL, 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(app)) {
 		pr_err("Failed to create APP instance\n");
 		kfree(message);
@@ -758,7 +762,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvadsp_app_start);
 
 nvadsp_app_info_t *nvadsp_run_app(nvadsp_os_handle_t os_handle,
 	const char *appfile, nvadsp_app_args_t *app_args,
-	app_complete_status_notifier notifier, uint32_t stack_sz, bool block)
+	app_complete_status_notifier notifier, uint32_t stack_sz,
+	uint32_t core_id, bool block)
 {
 	union app_loader_message message = {};
 	nvadsp_app_handle_t service_handle;
@@ -791,7 +796,7 @@ nvadsp_app_info_t *nvadsp_run_app(nvadsp_os_handle_t os_handle,
 	}
 
 	info = create_app_instance(service_handle, app_args,
-		&data->app_init, notifier, stack_sz);
+		&data->app_init, notifier, stack_sz, core_id);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(info)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "unable to create instance for app %s\n", appfile);
 		goto end;