diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp106/fb_gp106.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp106/fb_gp106.c
index 53f9af568..dcb7e5456 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp106/fb_gp106.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp106/fb_gp106.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 static void gp106_fb_reset(struct gk20a *g)
 {
+	u32 val;
+
 	int retries = HW_SCRUB_TIMEOUT_MAX / HW_SCRUB_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;
 	/* wait for memory to be accessible */
 	do {
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ static void gp106_fb_reset(struct gk20a *g)
 		}
 		nvgpu_udelay(HW_SCRUB_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT);
 	} while (--retries);
+
+	val = gk20a_readl(g, fb_mmu_priv_level_mask_r());
+	val &= ~fb_mmu_priv_level_mask_write_violation_m();
+	gk20a_writel(g, fb_mmu_priv_level_mask_r(), val);
 }
 
 void gp106_init_fb(struct gpu_ops *gops)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/hw/gp106/hw_fb_gp106.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/hw/gp106/hw_fb_gp106.h
index 1248e0f3c..64b99cf05 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/hw/gp106/hw_fb_gp106.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/hw/gp106/hw_fb_gp106.h
@@ -482,6 +482,14 @@ static inline u32 fb_mmu_vpr_info_fetch_true_v(void)
 {
 	return 0x00000001;
 }
+static inline u32 fb_mmu_priv_level_mask_r(void)
+{
+	return 0x00100cdc;
+}
+static inline u32 fb_mmu_priv_level_mask_write_violation_m(void)
+{
+	return 0x1 << 7;
+}
 static inline u32 fb_niso_flush_sysmem_addr_r(void)
 {
 	return 0x00100c10;