diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_bios.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_bios.c
index a6da5a3aa..b6d4771e8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_bios.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug_bios.c
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 static int bios_version_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
 {
 	struct gk20a *g = s->private;
+	int err;
+
+	err = gk20a_busy(g);
+	if (err != 0) {
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	seq_printf(s, "Version %02X.%02X.%02X.%02X.%02X\n",
 		(g->bios->vbios_version >> 24) & 0xFF,
@@ -31,6 +37,8 @@ static int bios_version_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
 		(g->bios->vbios_version >> 0) & 0xFF,
 		(g->bios->vbios_oem_version) & 0xFF);
 
+	gk20a_idle(g);
+
 	return 0;
 }