diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
index cdb28eaf6..b7444a9e3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ static void nvgpu_init_pm_vars(struct gk20a *g)
 	g->pmu.aelpg_param[2] = APCTRL_MINIMUM_TARGET_SAVING_DEFAULT_US;
 	g->pmu.aelpg_param[3] = APCTRL_POWER_BREAKEVEN_DEFAULT_US;
 	g->pmu.aelpg_param[4] = APCTRL_CYCLES_PER_SAMPLE_MAX_DEFAULT;
+
+	__nvgpu_set_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_ASPM, !platform->disable_aspm);
 }
 
 static void nvgpu_init_vbios_vars(struct gk20a *g)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
index a282110ac..f71a51fde 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ int gk20a_prepare_poweroff(struct gk20a *g)
 
 int gk20a_finalize_poweron(struct gk20a *g)
 {
-	struct gk20a_platform *platform = gk20a_get_platform(dev_from_gk20a(g));
 	int err;
 #if defined(CONFIG_TEGRA_GK20A_NVHOST) && defined(CONFIG_TEGRA_19x_GPU)
 	u32 nr_pages;
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ int gk20a_finalize_poweron(struct gk20a *g)
 	if (g->ops.xve.available_speeds) {
 		u32 speed;
 
-		if (platform->disable_aspm && g->ops.xve.disable_aspm)
+		if (!nvgpu_is_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_ASPM) && g->ops.xve.disable_aspm)
 			g->ops.xve.disable_aspm(g);
 
 		g->ops.xve.available_speeds(g, &speed);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
index 87449ccca..145954970 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ struct gk20a;
 /* whether to run PREOS binary on dGPUs */
 #define NVGPU_PMU_RUN_PREOS			61
 
+/* set if ASPM is enabled; only makes sense for PCI */
+#define NVGPU_SUPPORT_ASPM			62
 /*
  * Must be greater than the largest bit offset in the above list.
  */