diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
index b90574e05..948bb69fd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/driver_common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <nvgpu/debug.h>
 #include <nvgpu/sizes.h>
 
-#include "scale.h"
 #include "gk20a/gk20a.h"
 #include "platform_gk20a.h"
 #include "module.h"
@@ -226,11 +225,6 @@ int nvgpu_probe(struct gk20a *g,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-
-	/* Initialise scaling */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GK20A_DEVFREQ))
-		gk20a_scale_init(dev);
-
 	if (platform->late_probe) {
 		err = platform->late_probe(dev);
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
index d22455ff5..b0cad0ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/module.c
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ int gk20a_pm_finalize_poweron(struct device *dev)
 	if (err)
 		goto done;
 
+	/* Initialise scaling: it will initialize scaling drive only once */
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GK20A_DEVFREQ)) {
+		gk20a_scale_init(dev);
+		if (platform->initscale)
+			platform->initscale(dev);
+	}
+
 	trace_gk20a_finalize_poweron_done(dev_name(dev));
 
 	err = nvgpu_init_os_linux_ops(l);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a.h
index b0c089e6f..60e71a74f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a.h
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ struct gk20a_platform {
 	/* Called to register GPCPLL with common clk framework */
 	int (*clk_register)(struct gk20a *g);
 
+	/* platform specific scale init quirks */
+	void (*initscale)(struct device *dev);
+
 	/* Postscale callback is called after frequency change */
 	void (*postscale)(struct device *dev,
 			  unsigned long freq);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
index c40eafe47..db30fff22 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * GK20A Tegra Platform Interface
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2017, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2018, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -592,6 +592,9 @@ static void gk20a_tegra_scale_init(struct device *dev)
 	if (!profile)
 		return;
 
+	if (profile->private_data)
+		return;
+
 	emc_params = nvgpu_kzalloc(platform->g, sizeof(*emc_params));
 	if (!emc_params)
 		return;
@@ -850,9 +853,6 @@ static int gk20a_tegra_late_probe(struct device *dev)
 	/* Cause early VPR resize */
 	gk20a_tegra_secure_page_alloc(dev);
 
-	/* Initialise tegra specific scaling quirks */
-	gk20a_tegra_scale_init(dev);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ struct gk20a_platform gm20b_tegra_platform = {
 #endif
 
 	/* frequency scaling configuration */
+	.initscale = gk20a_tegra_scale_init,
 	.prescale = gk20a_tegra_prescale,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TEGRA_BWMGR
 	.postscale = gm20b_tegra_postscale,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
index 00cbe48e2..36052ee38 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/linux/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ static void gp10b_tegra_scale_init(struct device *dev)
 	if (!profile)
 		return;
 
+	if ((struct tegra_bwmgr_client *)profile->private_data)
+		return;
+
 	bwmgr_handle = tegra_bwmgr_register(TEGRA_BWMGR_CLIENT_GPU);
 	if (!bwmgr_handle)
 		return;
@@ -157,8 +160,6 @@ static int gp10b_tegra_late_probe(struct device *dev)
 	/* Cause early VPR resize */
 	gk20a_tegra_secure_page_alloc(dev);
 
-	/* Initialise tegra specific scaling quirks */
-	gp10b_tegra_scale_init(dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ struct gk20a_platform gp10b_tegra_platform = {
 	.get_clk_freqs = gp10b_clk_get_freqs,
 
 	/* frequency scaling configuration */
+	.initscale = gp10b_tegra_scale_init,
 	.prescale = gp10b_tegra_prescale,
 	.postscale = gp10b_tegra_postscale,
 	.devfreq_governor = "nvhost_podgov",