diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
index 33d142f8057d..a9f1fe44c4c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ iommufd_hwpt_nested_alloc(struct iommufd_ctx *ictx,
 	}
 	hwpt->domain->owner = ops;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(hwpt->domain->type != IOMMU_DOMAIN_NESTED)) {
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(hwpt->domain->type != IOMMU_DOMAIN_NESTED ||
+			 !hwpt->domain->ops->cache_invalidate_user)) {
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_abort;
 	}