diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 4656d1ff81a6..34ff47705293 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -1016,9 +1016,15 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	struct pblk *pblk;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (dev->geo.dom & NVM_RSP_L2P) {
+	if (geo->version != NVM_OCSSD_SPEC_12) {
+		pr_err("pblk: OCSSD version not supported (%u)\n",
+							geo->version);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	if (geo->version == NVM_OCSSD_SPEC_12 && geo->dom & NVM_RSP_L2P) {
 		pr_err("pblk: host-side L2P table not supported. (%x)\n",
-							dev->geo.dom);
+							geo->dom);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}