diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile
index f1a6f267f..06d3dedbd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/Makefile
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ nvgpu-$(CONFIG_COMMON_CLK) += \
 	common/linux/clk.o
 
 nvgpu-$(CONFIG_GK20A_DEVFREQ) += \
-	gk20a/gk20a_scale.o
+	common/linux/scale.o
 
 nvgpu-$(CONFIG_GK20A_CYCLE_STATS) += \
 	gk20a/css_gr_gk20a.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
index e4a65692f..759607a26 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <nvgpu/enabled.h>
 #include <nvgpu/debug.h>
 
-#include "gk20a/gk20a_scale.h"
+#include "scale.h"
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
 #include "module.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
index 4f66fc67d..d0abc8369 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
 #include "sysfs.h"
 #include "vgpu/vgpu.h"
-#include "gk20a/gk20a_scale.h"
+#include "scale.h"
 #include "gk20a/ctxsw_trace_gk20a.h"
 #include "pci.h"
 #include "module.h"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
index 5786feaba..2d6d156cb 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
-#include "gk20a/gk20a_scale.h"
 #include "gm20b/clk_gm20b.h"
 
+#include "scale.h"
 #include "clk.h"
 #include "os_linux.h"
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
index e5d19976d..fb8686c21 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 
 #include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
-#include "gk20a/gk20a_scale.h"
 
 #include "platform_gk20a_tegra.h"
 #include "gp10b/platform_gp10b.h"
 #include "platform_gp10b_tegra.h"
+#include "scale.h"
 
 /* Select every GP10B_FREQ_SELECT_STEP'th frequency from h/w table */
 #define GP10B_FREQ_SELECT_STEP	8
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.c
similarity index 89%
rename from drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.c
rename to drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.c
index ae426eec4..05f09dcc2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.c
@@ -3,23 +3,17 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
  *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
- * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include <linux/devfreq.h>
@@ -32,10 +26,10 @@
 #include <nvgpu/kmem.h>
 #include <nvgpu/log.h>
 
-#include "gk20a.h"
-#include "platform_gk20a.h"
-#include "gk20a_scale.h"
-#include "common/linux/os_linux.h"
+#include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
+#include "gk20a/platform_gk20a.h"
+#include "scale.h"
+#include "os_linux.h"
 
 /*
  * gk20a_scale_qos_notify()
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.h
similarity index 57%
rename from drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.h
rename to drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.h
index 05dc2e121..c1e6fe866 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a_scale.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/scale.h
@@ -3,23 +3,17 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2016, NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
- * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
- * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
- * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
- * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
- * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
  *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
- * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
- * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #ifndef GK20A_SCALE_H
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
index 14a19f561..702146760 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 #include "vgpu/clk_vgpu.h"
 #include "gk20a/ctxsw_trace_gk20a.h"
 #include "gk20a/tsg_gk20a.h"
-#include "gk20a/gk20a_scale.h"
 #include "gk20a/channel_gk20a.h"
 #include "gm20b/hal_gm20b.h"
 
 #include "common/linux/module.h"
 #include "common/linux/os_linux.h"
 #include "common/linux/ioctl.h"
+#include "common/linux/scale.h"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TEGRA_19x_GPU
 #include <vgpu/vgpu_t19x.h>