diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp10b/platform_gp10b_tegra.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp10b/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
index 64d9d917f..a857b8388 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp10b/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gp10b/platform_gp10b_tegra.c
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ static int ecc_stat_create(struct device *dev,
 				"gpc0_tpc%d_%s",
 				hw_unit,
 				ecc_stat_name);
+
+		sysfs_attr_init(&dev_attr_array[hw_unit].attr);
 		dev_attr_array[hw_unit].attr.name = ecc_stat->names[hw_unit];
 		dev_attr_array[hw_unit].attr.mode = VERIFY_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS(S_IRUGO);
 		dev_attr_array[hw_unit].show = ecc_stat_show;