diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
index 000940e99..88033547f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/ioctl_ctrl.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,8 @@ static int nvgpu_gpu_ioctl_has_any_exception(
 	}
 
 	nvgpu_mutex_acquire(&g->dbg_sessions_lock);
-	tpc_exception_en = g->ops.gr.intr.tpc_enabled_exceptions(g);
+	tpc_exception_en = nvgpu_pg_elpg_protected_call(g,
+				g->ops.gr.intr.tpc_enabled_exceptions(g));
 	nvgpu_mutex_release(&g->dbg_sessions_lock);
 
 	args->tpc_exception_en_sm_mask = tpc_exception_en;