diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
index 708190f25..727192979 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
@@ -109,12 +109,11 @@ void gk20a_idle(struct gk20a *g)
 	struct device *dev;
 
 	atomic_dec(&g->usage_count);
-	down_read(&g->busy_lock);
 
 	dev = g->dev;
 
 	if (!(dev && gk20a_can_busy(g)))
-		goto fail;
+		return;
 
 	if (pm_runtime_enabled(dev)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
@@ -128,8 +127,6 @@ void gk20a_idle(struct gk20a *g)
 	} else {
 		gk20a_scale_notify_idle(dev);
 	}
-fail:
-	up_read(&g->busy_lock);
 }
 
 int gk20a_pm_finalize_poweron(struct device *dev)