diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/fifo/channel_vgpu.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/fifo/channel_vgpu.c
index cdb5d2bbb..dfeb9d869 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/fifo/channel_vgpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/vgpu/fifo/channel_vgpu.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int vgpu_channel_alloc_inst(struct gk20a *g, struct nvgpu_channel *ch)
 	msg.cmd = TEGRA_VGPU_CMD_CHANNEL_ALLOC_HWCTX;
 	msg.handle = vgpu_get_handle(g);
 	p->id = ch->chid;
+	p->runlist_id = ch->runlist_id;
 	p->pid = (u64)ch->pid;
 	err = vgpu_comm_sendrecv(&msg, sizeof(msg), sizeof(msg));
 	if (err || msg.ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
index b6b896ce3..20d0e1bf1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/vgpu/tegra_vgpu.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ struct tegra_vgpu_connect_params {
 
 struct tegra_vgpu_channel_hwctx_params {
 	u32 id;
+	u32 runlist_id;
 	u64 pid;
 	u64 handle;
 };