diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/init/hal_ga10b.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/init/hal_ga10b.c
index 3113e0977..02c8575c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/init/hal_ga10b.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/init/hal_ga10b.c
@@ -1994,6 +1994,7 @@ int ga10b_init_hal(struct gk20a *g)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVGPU_HAL_NON_FUSA
 	gops->mssnvlink = ga10b_ops_mssnvlink;
 #endif
+	nvgpu_set_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_EMULATE_MODE, true);
 	g->name = "ga10b";
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
index 97c01922c..8e5b46ded 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ struct gk20a;
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_SUPPORT_NVS, "Domain scheduler support"), \
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_SUPPORT_TEGRA_RAW, \
 			"TEGRA_RAW format support"), \
+	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_SUPPORT_EMULATE_MODE, \
+			"Emulate mode support"), \
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_MAX_ENABLED_BITS, "Marks max number of flags"),
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/sysfs.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/sysfs.c
index 0f330432b..c6d055126 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/sysfs.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/fb.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
 
+#include <nvgpu/enabled.h>
 #include <nvgpu/errata.h>
 #include <nvgpu/kmem.h>
 #include <nvgpu/nvhost.h>
@@ -1302,6 +1303,10 @@ static ssize_t emulate_mode_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (kstrtoul(buf, 10, &val) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!nvgpu_is_enabled(g, NVGPU_SUPPORT_EMULATE_MODE)) {
+		nvgpu_err(g, "Emulate mode not supported");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (nvgpu_is_powered_on(g)) {
 		nvgpu_err(g, "GPU is powered on already, emulate mode "
 					"cannot be enabled");