diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/init/init_vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/init/init_vgpu.c
index 7b202c070..4fd0e3205 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/init/init_vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/init/init_vgpu.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void vgpu_remove_support_common(struct gk20a *g)
 int vgpu_init_gpu_characteristics(struct gk20a *g)
 {
 	int err;
+	struct vgpu_priv_data *priv = vgpu_get_priv_data(g);
 
 	nvgpu_log_fn(g, " ");
 
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@ int vgpu_init_gpu_characteristics(struct gk20a *g)
 	nvgpu_set_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_SPARSE_ALLOCS, false);
 	nvgpu_set_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_SET_CTX_MMU_DEBUG_MODE, false);
 
+	/* per-device identifier */
+	g->per_device_identifier = priv->constants.per_device_identifier;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
index 847656801..2ce129c35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ struct tegra_vgpu_constants_params {
 	u32 l2_en_mask[TEGRA_VGPU_L2_EN_MASK];
 	/** Max SM configuration count. */
 	u32 max_sm_diversity_config_count;
+	u64 per_device_identifier;
 };
 
 enum {