diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
index 9f9c3ba7a..291036db9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/channel_sync_gk20a.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ gk20a_channel_syncpt_create(struct channel_gk20a *c)
 
 	sp->c = c;
 	sp->host1x_pdev = to_platform_device(c->g->dev->dev.parent);
-	sp->id = nvhost_get_syncpt_host_managed(sp->host1x_pdev, c->hw_chid);
+	sp->id = nvhost_get_syncpt_host_managed(c->g->dev, c->hw_chid);
 
 	sp->ops.wait_cpu		= gk20a_channel_syncpt_wait_cpu;
 	sp->ops.is_expired		= gk20a_channel_syncpt_is_expired;