diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/bios/fan.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/bios/fan.c
index 43006db6fd58252830842c02543ca1659ae23df2..80fed7e78dcbe0bc1e7df6a864c3efb475c2733a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/bios/fan.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/bios/fan.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ nvbios_fan_parse(struct nvkm_bios *bios, struct nvbios_therm_fan *fan)
 			fan->type = NVBIOS_THERM_FAN_UNK;
 		}
 
+		fan->fan_mode = NVBIOS_THERM_FAN_LINEAR;
 		fan->min_duty = nvbios_rd08(bios, data + 0x02);
 		fan->max_duty = nvbios_rd08(bios, data + 0x03);