diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index aee39524375c..233040a3f1ad 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5265,8 +5265,7 @@ void ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	 * We guarantee to LLDs that they will have at least one
 	 * non-zero sg if the command is a data command.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ata_is_data(prot) &&
-			 (!qc->sg || !qc->n_elem || !qc->nbytes)))
+	if (ata_is_data(prot) && (!qc->sg || !qc->n_elem || !qc->nbytes))
 		goto sys_err;
 
 	if (ata_is_dma(prot) || (ata_is_pio(prot) &&