diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 0bd737117a80a172745aab1868fb8a4ecf6f1e8c..a78029e4e5f481b58bd628537315d3e7e9882f1a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -520,9 +520,12 @@ bool nvmet_req_init(struct nvmet_req *req, struct nvmet_cq *cq,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	/* either variant of SGLs is fine, as we don't support metadata */
-	if (unlikely((flags & NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL) != NVME_CMD_SGL_METABUF &&
-		     (flags & NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL) != NVME_CMD_SGL_METASEG)) {
+	/*
+	 * For fabrics, PSDT field shall describe metadata pointer (MPTR) that
+	 * contains an address of a single contiguous physical buffer that is
+	 * byte aligned.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((flags & NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL) != NVME_CMD_SGL_METABUF)) {
 		status = NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_SC_DNR;
 		goto fail;
 	}