diff --git a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
index fb5213afc854..47ed19c53f2e 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ static int nfsd4_scsi_identify_device(struct block_device *bdev,
 	u8 *buf, *d, type, assoc;
 	int error;
 
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!blk_queue_scsi_passthrough(q)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	buf = kzalloc(bufflen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;