diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index e1c884db7fca5..c583301ff4ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2176,40 +2176,48 @@ static int sd_read_protection_type(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
 	u8 type;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (scsi_device_protection(sdp) == 0 || (buffer[12] & 1) == 0) {
 		sdkp->protection_type = 0;
-		return ret;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	type = ((buffer[12] >> 1) & 7) + 1; /* P_TYPE 0 = Type 1 */
 
-	if (type > T10_PI_TYPE3_PROTECTION)
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-	else if (scsi_host_dif_capable(sdp->host, type))
-		ret = 1;
-
-	if (sdkp->first_scan || type != sdkp->protection_type)
-		switch (ret) {
-		case -ENODEV:
-			sd_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp, "formatted with unsupported" \
-				  " protection type %u. Disabling disk!\n",
-				  type);
-			break;
-		case 1:
-			sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
-				  "Enabling DIF Type %u protection\n", type);
-			break;
-		case 0:
-			sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
-				  "Disabling DIF Type %u protection\n", type);
-			break;
-		}
+	if (type > T10_PI_TYPE3_PROTECTION) {
+		sd_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp, "formatted with unsupported"	\
+			  " protection type %u. Disabling disk!\n",
+			  type);
+		sdkp->protection_type = 0;
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	sdkp->protection_type = type;
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void sd_config_protection(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
+{
+	struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
+
+	if (!sdkp->first_scan)
+		return;
+
+	sd_dif_config_host(sdkp);
+
+	if (!sdkp->protection_type)
+		return;
+
+	if (!scsi_host_dif_capable(sdp->host, sdkp->protection_type)) {
+		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
+			  "Disabling DIF Type %u protection\n",
+			  sdkp->protection_type);
+		sdkp->protection_type = 0;
+	}
+
+	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Enabling DIF Type %u protection\n",
+		  sdkp->protection_type);
 }
 
 static void read_capacity_error(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, struct scsi_device *sdp,
@@ -3259,6 +3267,7 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 		sd_read_app_tag_own(sdkp, buffer);
 		sd_read_write_same(sdkp, buffer);
 		sd_read_security(sdkp, buffer);
+		sd_config_protection(sdkp);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -3518,11 +3527,6 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (sdkp->capacity)
-		sd_dif_config_host(sdkp);
-
-	sd_revalidate_disk(gd);
-
 	if (sdkp->security) {
 		sdkp->opal_dev = init_opal_dev(sdkp, &sd_sec_submit);
 		if (sdkp->opal_dev)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
index 349950616adc5..968993ee6d5d3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_dif.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ void sd_dif_config_host(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 			bi.profile = &t10_pi_type1_crc;
 
 	bi.tuple_size = sizeof(struct t10_pi_tuple);
-	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
-		  "Enabling DIX %s protection\n", bi.profile->name);
 
 	if (dif && type) {
 		bi.flags |= BLK_INTEGRITY_DEVICE_CAPABLE;
@@ -72,11 +70,11 @@ void sd_dif_config_host(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 			bi.tag_size = sizeof(u16) + sizeof(u32);
 		else
 			bi.tag_size = sizeof(u16);
-
-		sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "DIF application tag size %u\n",
-			  bi.tag_size);
 	}
 
+	sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp,
+		  "Enabling DIX %s, application tag size %u bytes\n",
+		  bi.profile->name, bi.tag_size);
 out:
 	blk_integrity_register(disk, &bi);
 }