if (data_direction == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) {
                memset(&fd_prot, 0, sizeof(struct fd_prot));
 
-               if (cmd->prot_type) {
+               if (cmd->prot_type && dev->dev_attrib.pi_prot_type) {
                        ret = fd_do_prot_rw(cmd, &fd_prot, false);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
 
                ret = fd_do_rw(cmd, sgl, sgl_nents, 0);
 
-               if (ret > 0 && cmd->prot_type) {
+               if (ret > 0 && cmd->prot_type && dev->dev_attrib.pi_prot_type) {
                        u32 sectors = cmd->data_length / dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
 
                        rc = sbc_dif_verify_read(cmd, cmd->t_task_lba, sectors,
        } else {
                memset(&fd_prot, 0, sizeof(struct fd_prot));
 
-               if (cmd->prot_type) {
+               if (cmd->prot_type && dev->dev_attrib.pi_prot_type) {
                        u32 sectors = cmd->data_length / dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
 
                        ret = fd_do_prot_rw(cmd, &fd_prot, false);
                        vfs_fsync_range(fd_dev->fd_file, start, end, 1);
                }
 
-               if (ret > 0 && cmd->prot_type) {
+               if (ret > 0 && cmd->prot_type && dev->dev_attrib.pi_prot_type) {
                        ret = fd_do_prot_rw(cmd, &fd_prot, true);
                        if (ret < 0)
                                return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;