diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/module.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/module.c
index 415c2e6ff..e44ef1a72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/module.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/module.c
@@ -2059,6 +2059,9 @@ static void __exit gk20a_exit(void)
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 16, 0)
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DMA_BUF);
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_GK20A_DEVFREQ
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: governor_pod_scaling_v2");
+#endif
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 module_init(gk20a_init);
 module_exit(gk20a_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/scale.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/scale.c
index f78f99b1d..3ab9c9331 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/scale.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/scale.c
@@ -441,8 +441,11 @@ void gk20a_scale_init(struct device *dev)
 					&profile->devfreq_profile,
 					platform->devfreq_governor, NULL);
 
-		if (IS_ERR(devfreq))
+		if (IS_ERR(devfreq)) {
 			devfreq = NULL;
+		} else {
+			nvgpu_info(g, "enabled scaling for GPU\n");
+		}
 
 		l->devfreq = devfreq;