diff --git a/src/utilities.jl b/src/utilities.jl
index 5be24a2b21..59c5b97c2f 100644
--- a/src/utilities.jl
+++ b/src/utilities.jl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=stdout)
         println(io, length(devs), " devices:")
     end
     for (i, dev) in enumerate(devs)
-        if has_nvml()
+        function query_nvml()
             mig = uuid(dev) != parent_uuid(dev)
             nvml_gpu = NVML.Device(parent_uuid(dev))
             nvml_dev = NVML.Device(uuid(dev); mig)
@@ -92,13 +92,33 @@ function versioninfo(io::IO=stdout)
             str = NVML.name(nvml_dev)
             cap = NVML.compute_capability(nvml_gpu)
             mem = NVML.memory_info(nvml_dev)
-        else
+
+            (; str, cap, mem)
+        end
+
+        function query_cuda()
             str = name(dev)
             cap = capability(dev)
             mem = device!(dev) do
                 # this requires a device context, so we prefer NVML
                 (free=available_memory(), total=total_memory())
             end
+            (; str, cap, mem)
+        end
+
+        str, cap, mem = if has_nvml()
+            try
+                query_nvml()
+            catch err
+                @show err
+                if !isa(err, NVML.NVMLError) ||
+                   !in(err.code, [NVML.ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED, NVML.ERROR_NO_PERMISSION])
+                    rethrow()
+                end
+                query_cuda()
+            end
+        else
+            query_cuda()
         end
         println(io, "  $(i-1): $str (sm_$(cap.major)$(cap.minor), $(Base.format_bytes(mem.free)) / $(Base.format_bytes(mem.total)) available)")
     end