diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
index d8ec1cbb3..eb221d01c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/vgpu/vgpu.c
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ int vgpu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	nvgpu_spinlock_init(&gk20a->mc_enable_lock);
 
+	gk20a->ch_wdt_timeout_ms = platform->ch_wdt_timeout_ms;
+
 	/* Initialize the platform interface. */
 	err = platform->probe(dev);
 	if (err) {