diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index dc388e24caad..1e7e42b43aa3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3749,6 +3749,10 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl_finish(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, bool was_suspended)
 		ret = nvme_hwmon_init(ctrl);
 		if (ret == -EINTR)
 			return ret;
+
+		if (!nvme_ctrl_sgl_supported(ctrl))
+			dev_info(ctrl->device,
+				"passthrough uses implicit buffer lengths\n");
 	}
 
 	clear_bit(NVME_CTRL_DIRTY_CAPABILITY, &ctrl->flags);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
index 9597a87cf05d..e232188ccd02 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
@@ -120,21 +120,12 @@ static int nvme_map_user_request(struct request *req, u64 ubuffer,
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = q->queuedata;
 	struct block_device *bdev = ns ? ns->disk->part0 : NULL;
 	bool supports_metadata = bdev && blk_get_integrity(bdev->bd_disk);
-	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(req)->ctrl;
 	bool has_metadata = meta_buffer && meta_len;
 	struct bio *bio = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!nvme_ctrl_sgl_supported(ctrl))
-		dev_warn_once(ctrl->device, "using unchecked data buffer\n");
-	if (has_metadata) {
-		if (!supports_metadata)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		if (!nvme_ctrl_meta_sgl_supported(ctrl))
-			dev_warn_once(ctrl->device,
-				      "using unchecked metadata buffer\n");
-	}
+	if (has_metadata && !supports_metadata)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (iter)
 		ret = blk_rq_map_user_iov(q, req, NULL, iter, GFP_KERNEL);