diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
index fb8b8b141..c606e0272 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
@@ -1408,6 +1408,8 @@ static int gk20a_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&gk20a->mc_enable_lock);
 
+	gk20a_debug_init(dev);
+
 	/* Initialize the platform interface. */
 	err = platform->probe(dev);
 	if (err) {
@@ -1440,8 +1442,6 @@ static int gk20a_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		dev_err(&dev->dev,
 			"failed to allocate secure buffer %d\n", err);
 
-	gk20a_debug_init(dev);
-
 	/* Set DMA parameters to allow larger sgt lists */
 	dev->dev.dma_parms = &gk20a->dma_parms;
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(&dev->dev, UINT_MAX);