diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
index 853b6a3c3..7e2b9afb0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gk20a.c
@@ -1227,12 +1227,12 @@ static int gk20a_pm_suspend(struct device *dev)
 	if (atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count) > 1)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	gk20a_scale_suspend(to_platform_device(dev));
+
 	ret = gk20a_pm_prepare_poweroff(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	gk20a_scale_suspend(to_platform_device(dev));
-
 	if (platform->suspend)
 		platform->suspend(dev);