diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/platform_gk20a_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
index 7c89a2a62..999021a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/platform_gk20a_tegra.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void gm20b_tegra_postscale(struct device *dev, unsigned long freq)
 	struct gk20a_emc_params *emc_params;
 	unsigned long emc_rate;
 
-	if (!profile)
+	if (!profile || !profile->private_data)
 		return;
 
 	emc_params = profile->private_data;