diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.c
index 5eaa4d642..aedd2055e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/gr_gk20a.c
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ static int gr_gk20a_wait_fe_idle(struct gk20a *g, unsigned long end_jiffies,
 	u32 val;
 	u32 delay = expect_delay;
 
+	if (tegra_platform_is_linsim())
+		return 0;
+
 	gk20a_dbg_fn("");
 
 	do {