diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.c
index 4872bb95b..bcde1746a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/mm_gk20a.c
@@ -940,6 +940,16 @@ int gk20a_init_mm_setup_sw(struct gk20a *g)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * this requires fixed allocations in vidmem which must be
+	 * allocated before all other buffers
+	 */
+	if (g->ops.pmu.alloc_blob_space && g->mm.vidmem_is_vidmem) {
+		err = g->ops.pmu.alloc_blob_space(g, 0, &g->acr.ucode_blob);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	err = gk20a_alloc_sysmem_flush(g);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm206/acr_gm206.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm206/acr_gm206.c
index 988761f03..39b30ea6c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm206/acr_gm206.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gm206/acr_gm206.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ int gm206_alloc_blob_space(struct gk20a *g,
 {
 	struct wpr_carveout_info wpr_inf;
 
+	if (mem->size)
+		return 0;
+
 	g->ops.pmu.get_wpr(g, &wpr_inf);
 
 	return gk20a_gmmu_alloc_attr_vid_at(g, 0, wpr_inf.size, mem,