diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/priv_ring_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/priv_ring_gk20a.c
index f5aa3f0f2..d11cff06c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/priv_ring_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/priv_ring_gk20a.c
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@
 
 void gk20a_reset_priv_ring(struct gk20a *g)
 {
-	u32 data = 0;
+	u32 data;
 
 	if (tegra_platform_is_linsim())
 		return;
 
-	/* Skipping read and then writeback to this reg, as we are just getting
-	* out of reset, and before this call, the reg is not written to*/
-
+	data = gk20a_readl(g, trim_sys_gpc2clk_out_r());
 	data = set_field(data,
 			trim_sys_gpc2clk_out_bypdiv_m(),
 			trim_sys_gpc2clk_out_bypdiv_f(0));