diff --git a/roles/gpu/tasks/main.yml b/roles/gpu/tasks/main.yml
index 72af3a7bb98a69069171f8174b7baedca1b4e4fa..21a6a801aa392845c5c5b318002a949121e8065b 100644
--- a/roles/gpu/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/gpu/tasks/main.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@
   shell: nvidia-smi --gom=0
   become: true
   become_user: root
+  register: nvidiagomcall
+  changed_when: '"cannot be changed" not in nvidiagomcall.stdout' # only tested on a k80
 
 - name: enable persistenced on boot
   service: name=nvidia-persistenced state=started enabled=yes