diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
index e8692ecea..97c01922c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/enabled.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ struct gk20a;
 		"Use physical scatter tables instead of IOMMU"),	\
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_MM_BYPASSES_IOMMU,				\
 		"Some chips (using nvlink) bypass the IOMMU on tegra"),	\
+	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_DISABLE_L3_SUPPORT,				\
+		"Disable L3 alloc Bit of the physical address"),	\
 	/* Host Flags */						\
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_HAS_SYNCPOINTS, "GPU has syncpoints"),	\
 	DEFINE_FLAG(NVGPU_SUPPORT_SYNC_FENCE_FDS,			\
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
index f07eac7b0..93b8d52fe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/nvgpu.h>
 
 #include <nvgpu/defaults.h>
@@ -319,6 +320,8 @@ int nvgpu_probe(struct gk20a *g,
 	struct gk20a_platform *platform = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct nvgpu_os_linux *l = nvgpu_os_linux_from_gk20a(g);
 	int err = 0;
+	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
+	bool disable_l3_alloc = false;
 
 	err = nvgpu_cic_rm_setup(g);
 	if (err != 0) {
@@ -356,6 +359,12 @@ int nvgpu_probe(struct gk20a *g,
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	disable_l3_alloc = of_property_read_bool(np, "disable_l3_alloc");
+	if (disable_l3_alloc) {
+		nvgpu_log_info(g, "L3 alloc is disabled");
+		nvgpu_set_enabled(g, NVGPU_DISABLE_L3_SUPPORT, true);
+	}
+
 	nvgpu_init_mm_vars(g);
 	err = gk20a_power_node_init(dev);
 	if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
index 196de41f8..d9a03d4ec 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/vm.c
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ static u32 nvgpu_vm_translate_linux_flags(struct gk20a *g, u32 flags)
 		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_IO_COHERENT;
 	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_UNMAPPED_PTE)
 		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_UNMAPPED_PTE;
-	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_L3_ALLOC)
-		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_L3_ALLOC;
+	if (!nvgpu_is_enabled(g, NVGPU_DISABLE_L3_SUPPORT)) {
+		if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_L3_ALLOC)
+			core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_L3_ALLOC;
+	}
 	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_DIRECT_KIND_CTRL)
 		core_flags |= NVGPU_VM_MAP_DIRECT_KIND_CTRL;
 	if (flags & NVGPU_AS_MAP_BUFFER_FLAGS_PLATFORM_ATOMIC)