diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_hw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_hw.c
index 87ebb7ae42c4..80c521784cd3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_hw.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or MIT
 /* Copyright 2025 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. */
 
+#include <linux/nvmem-consumer.h>
 #include <drm/drm_print.h>
 
 #include "panthor_device.h"
@@ -109,7 +110,25 @@ static char *get_gpu_model_name(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 	return "(Unknown Mali GPU)";
 }
 
-static void panthor_gpu_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+static int overload_shader_present(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+{
+	u64 contents;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = nvmem_cell_read_variable_le_u64(ptdev->base.dev, "shader-present",
+					      &contents);
+	if (!ret)
+		ptdev->gpu_info.shader_present = contents;
+	else if (ret == -ENOENT)
+		return 0;
+	else
+		return dev_err_probe(ptdev->base.dev, ret,
+				     "Failed to read shader-present nvmem cell\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int panthor_gpu_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
@@ -143,13 +162,18 @@ static void panthor_gpu_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 		ptdev->gpu_info.tiler_present = gpu_read64(ptdev, GPU_TILER_PRESENT);
 		ptdev->gpu_info.l2_present = gpu_read64(ptdev, GPU_L2_PRESENT);
 	}
+
+	return overload_shader_present(ptdev);
 }
 
-static void panthor_hw_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
+static int panthor_hw_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 {
 	u32 major, minor, status;
+	int ret;
 
-	panthor_gpu_info_init(ptdev);
+	ret = panthor_gpu_info_init(ptdev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	major = GPU_VER_MAJOR(ptdev->gpu_info.gpu_id);
 	minor = GPU_VER_MINOR(ptdev->gpu_info.gpu_id);
@@ -172,6 +196,8 @@ static void panthor_hw_info_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 		 "shader_present=0x%0llx l2_present=0x%0llx tiler_present=0x%0llx",
 		 ptdev->gpu_info.shader_present, ptdev->gpu_info.l2_present,
 		 ptdev->gpu_info.tiler_present);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int panthor_hw_bind_device(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
@@ -218,7 +244,5 @@ int panthor_hw_init(struct panthor_device *ptdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	panthor_hw_info_init(ptdev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return panthor_hw_info_init(ptdev);
 }