diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
index 2798944899b7360e93dd659718cd73e14c7e84c4..39b1473f7204eb78cc17f7988233ccbd05f37791 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int nvmet_passthru_map_sg(struct nvmet_req *req, struct request *rq)
 	if (req->sg_cnt > BIO_MAX_VECS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (req->transfer_len <= NVMET_MAX_INLINE_DATA_LEN) {
+	if (nvmet_use_inline_bvec(req)) {
 		bio = &req->p.inline_bio;
 		bio_init(bio, req->inline_bvec, ARRAY_SIZE(req->inline_bvec));
 	} else {