diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
index 38ce3350c870..6fee3145caab 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
@@ -42,9 +42,17 @@ static bool __led_trigger_is_hw_controlled(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 	if (!led_cdev->trigger)
 		return false;
 
+	if (!led_cdev->hw_control_trigger ||
+	    strcmp(led_cdev->hw_control_trigger, led_cdev->trigger->name))
+		return false;
+
 	if (led_cdev->trigger->hw_offloaded)
 		return led_cdev->trigger->hw_offloaded(led_cdev);
 
+	dev_warn_once(led_cdev->dev,
+		      "Hardware control trigger %s doesn't provide offloaded state\n",
+		      led_cdev->trigger->name);
+
 	/* Otherwise assume private triggers are always offloaded. */
 	return led_cdev->trigger->trigger_type;
 }