diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/pmu/pmu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/pmu/pmu.c
index fc72d1fc1..15b579881 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/pmu/pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/pmu/pmu.c
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ static int nvgpu_pg_init_task(void *arg)
 			pmu_setup_hw_enable_elpg(g);
 			break;
 		case PMU_STATE_STARTED:
-			nvgpu_pmu_dbg(g, "PMU booted");
-			break;
+			nvgpu_pmu_dbg(g, "PMU booted, thread exiting");
+			return 0;
 		default:
 			nvgpu_pmu_dbg(g, "invalid state");
 			break;