diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
index b8b771b643cc..1c61f0f24c09 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/meson-gx-mmc.c
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ static void meson_mmc_get_transfer_mode(struct mmc_host *mmc,
 	for_each_sg(data->sg, sg, data->sg_len, i) {
 		/* check for 8 byte alignment */
 		if (sg->offset % 8) {
-			WARN_ONCE(1, "unaligned scatterlist buffer\n");
+			dev_warn_once(mmc_dev(mmc),
+				      "unaligned sg offset %u, disabling descriptor DMA for transfer\n",
+				      sg->offset);
 			return;
 		}
 	}