diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
index ec18df15e..af137c192 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ static int gk20a_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	set_gk20a(dev, gk20a);
 	gk20a->dev = &dev->dev;
+	gk20a->log_mask = NVGPU_DEFAULT_DBG_MASK;
 
 	nvgpu_kmem_init(gk20a);