diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-fault-injection.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-fault-injection.h
index 39730b9b0..17f474e9c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-fault-injection.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/posix-fault-injection.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj_container {
 	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj nvgpu_fi;
 	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj dma_fi;
 	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj queue_out_fi;
+	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj timers_fi;
 
 	/* qnx */
 	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj nvgpu_nvrmread_fi;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/timers.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/timers.h
index 6ffadbb9a..e489d71b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/timers.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/posix/timers.h
@@ -116,4 +116,8 @@
 	(int)ret_timeout;						\
 })
 
+#ifdef NVGPU_UNITTEST_FAULT_INJECTION_ENABLEMENT
+struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj *nvgpu_timers_get_fault_injection(void);
+#endif /* NVGPU_UNITTEST_FAULT_INJECTION_ENABLEMENT */
+
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
index 97d9abd2f..2e0949855 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/posix/timers.c
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@
 #define NSEC_PER_MSEC   1000000
 #define NSEC_PER_SEC    1000000000
 
+#ifdef NVGPU_UNITTEST_FAULT_INJECTION_ENABLEMENT
+#include <nvgpu/posix/posix-fault-injection.h>
+
+struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj *nvgpu_timers_get_fault_injection(void)
+{
+	struct nvgpu_posix_fault_inj_container *c =
+			nvgpu_posix_fault_injection_get_container();
+
+	return &c->timers_fi;
+}
+#endif /* NVGPU_UNITTEST_FAULT_INJECTION_ENABLEMENT */
+
 s64 nvgpu_current_time_us(void)
 {
 	struct timeval now;
@@ -77,6 +89,13 @@ int nvgpu_timeout_init(struct gk20a *g, struct nvgpu_timeout *timeout,
 {
 	s64 duration_ns;
 
+#ifdef NVGPU_UNITTEST_FAULT_INJECTION_ENABLEMENT
+	if (nvgpu_posix_fault_injection_handle_call(
+					nvgpu_timers_get_fault_injection())) {
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if ((flags & ~NVGPU_TIMER_FLAG_MASK) != 0U) {
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}