diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/fb/fb_ga10b_fusa.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/fb/fb_ga10b_fusa.c
index 982e244ee..18b08e122 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/fb/fb_ga10b_fusa.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/fb/fb_ga10b_fusa.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * GA10B FB
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ void ga10b_fb_init_fs_state(struct gk20a *g)
 	nvgpu_log(g, gpu_dbg_fn, "initialize ga10b fb");
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NVGPU_HAL_NON_FUSA)
-	g->ops.mssnvlink.init_soc_credits(g);
+	if (g->ops.mssnvlink.init_soc_credits != NULL) {
+		g->ops.mssnvlink.init_soc_credits(g);
+	}
 #endif
 	ga10b_fb_check_ltcs_count(g);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/mssnvlink/mssnvlink_ga10b.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/mssnvlink/mssnvlink_ga10b.c
index c606aa7ae..1e2689827 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/mssnvlink/mssnvlink_ga10b.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/hal/mssnvlink/mssnvlink_ga10b.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ void ga10b_mssnvlink_init_soc_credits(struct gk20a *g)
 
 	uintptr_t mssnvlink_control[MSS_NVLINK_INTERNAL_NUM];
 
+	if (g->ops.mssnvlink.get_links == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (nvgpu_platform_is_simulation(g)) {
 		nvgpu_log(g, gpu_dbg_info, "simulation platform: "
 			"nvlink soc credits not required");