diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index eb6c02bc4a02..b8b771b643cc 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -247,8 +247,9 @@ static void meson_mmc_get_transfer_mode(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 		 */
 		for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len, i) {
 			if (sg->length % data->blksz) {
-				WARN_ONCE(1, "unaligned sg len %u blksize %u\n",
-					  sg->length, data->blksz);
+				dev_warn_once(mmc_dev(mmc),
+					      "unaligned sg len %u blksize %u, disabling descriptor DMA for transfer\n",
+					      sg->length, data->blksz);
 				return;
 			}
 		}