diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index fcb65d2a0b94..8855f019ebe8 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -1249,6 +1249,14 @@ static void check_sync(struct device *dev,
 				dir2name[entry->direction],
 				dir2name[ref->direction]);
 
+	if (ref->sg_call_ents && ref->type == dma_debug_sg &&
+	    ref->sg_call_ents != entry->sg_call_ents) {
+		err_printk(ref->dev, entry, "DMA-API: device driver syncs "
+			   "DMA sg list with different entry count "
+			   "[map count=%d] [sync count=%d]\n",
+			   entry->sg_call_ents, ref->sg_call_ents);
+	}
+
 out:
 	put_hash_bucket(bucket, &flags);
 }