diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
index f1eccd06a..16af2cb09 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -93,11 +93,20 @@ static void nvgpu_init_vars(struct gk20a *g)
 
 static void nvgpu_init_gr_vars(struct gk20a *g)
 {
+	struct gk20a_platform *platform = dev_get_drvdata(dev_from_gk20a(g));
 	gk20a_init_gr(g);
 
 	nvgpu_log_info(g, "total ram pages : %lu", totalram_pages);
 	g->gr.max_comptag_mem = totalram_pages
 				 >> (10 - (PAGE_SHIFT - 10));
+
+	/* Deduct the part taken by the running system */
+	if (platform->comptag_mem_deduct &&
+	    g->gr.max_comptag_mem > platform->comptag_mem_deduct) {
+		g->gr.max_comptag_mem -= platform->comptag_mem_deduct;
+		nvgpu_log_info(g, "deducted max memory for comptag: %u",
+			       g->gr.max_comptag_mem);
+	}
 }
 
 static void nvgpu_init_timeout(struct gk20a *g)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/platform_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/platform_gk20a.h
index f3e80b8c4..5848a5ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/platform_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/platform_gk20a.h
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ struct gk20a_platform {
 	/* stream id to use */
 	u32 ltc_streamid;
 
+	/*
+	 * The deductible memory size for max_comptag_mem (in MBytes)
+	 * Usually close to memory size that running system is taking
+	 */
+	u32 comptag_mem_deduct;
+
 	/* scaling rate */
 	unsigned long cached_rate;
 };