diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
index b94c0c930..d0b975a93 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
@@ -356,6 +356,9 @@ gk20a_channel_syncpt_create(struct channel_gk20a *c)
 	sp->ops.incr_user_fd		= gk20a_channel_syncpt_incr_user_fd;
 	sp->ops.set_min_eq_max		= gk20a_channel_syncpt_set_min_eq_max;
 	sp->ops.destroy			= gk20a_channel_syncpt_destroy;
+
+	sp->ops.syncpt_aggressive_destroy = true;
+
 	return &sp->ops;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_TEGRA_GK20A */