diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
index c95e83584..999fb31f7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_gk20a.c
@@ -2265,7 +2265,7 @@ static void gk20a_channel_timeout_check(struct channel_gk20a *ch)
 
 	nvgpu_raw_spinlock_acquire(&ch->timeout.lock);
 	timed_out = ch->timeout.running &&
-		nvgpu_timeout_expired(&ch->timeout.timer);
+		nvgpu_timeout_peek_expired(&ch->timeout.timer);
 	nvgpu_raw_spinlock_release(&ch->timeout.lock);
 
 	if (timed_out)