diff --git a/block/bsg.c b/block/bsg.c
index 6fd08544d77e..40db8ff4c618 100644
--- a/block/bsg.c
+++ b/block/bsg.c
@@ -750,6 +750,12 @@ static struct bsg_device *bsg_add_device(struct inode *inode,
 #ifdef BSG_DEBUG
 	unsigned char buf[32];
 #endif
+
+	if (!blk_queue_scsi_passthrough(rq)) {
+		WARN_ONCE(true, "Attempt to register a non-SCSI queue\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	if (!blk_get_queue(rq))
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);