diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
index 8f0c22e3758..7eb5ab3402e 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
@@ -1077,7 +1077,8 @@ nvk_create_drm_physical_device(struct vk_instance *_instance,
    }
    const dev_t render_dev = st.st_rdev;
 
-   vk_warn_non_conformant_implementation("NVK");
+   if (!conformant)
+      vk_warn_non_conformant_implementation("NVK");
 
    struct nvk_physical_device *pdev =
       vk_zalloc(&instance->vk.alloc, sizeof(*pdev),