diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
index 0b53bffc4..c8e2b19e1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
@@ -1834,8 +1834,10 @@ int gk20a_init_gpu_characteristics(struct gk20a *g)
 			gpu->available_big_page_sizes |= g->ops.mm.get_big_page_sizes();
 	}
 
-	gpu->flags = NVGPU_GPU_FLAGS_SUPPORT_PARTIAL_MAPPINGS
-		| NVGPU_GPU_FLAGS_SUPPORT_SYNC_FENCE_FDS;
+	gpu->flags = NVGPU_GPU_FLAGS_SUPPORT_PARTIAL_MAPPINGS;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYNC))
+		gpu->flags |= NVGPU_GPU_FLAGS_SUPPORT_SYNC_FENCE_FDS;
 
 	if (g->ops.mm.support_sparse && g->ops.mm.support_sparse(g))
 		gpu->flags |= NVGPU_GPU_FLAGS_SUPPORT_SPARSE_ALLOCS;