diff --git a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/__tma/make_tma_descriptor.h b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/__tma/make_tma_descriptor.h
index 5ccae27ccb2..ab8cafccc27 100644
--- a/libcudacxx/include/cuda/__tma/make_tma_descriptor.h
+++ b/libcudacxx/include/cuda/__tma/make_tma_descriptor.h
@@ -414,6 +414,9 @@ __get_tensor_sizes(const ::DLTensor& __tensor, int __rank, ::CUtensorMapDataType
   int64_t __cumulative_size                 = 1;
   if (__input_strides == nullptr)
   {
+#  if DLPACK_MAJOR_VERSION > 1 || (DLPACK_MAJOR_VERSION == 1 && DLPACK_MINOR_VERSION >= 2)
+    _CCCL_THROW(::std::invalid_argument{"__tensor.strides=nullptr is not supported for DLPack v1.2 and later"});
+#  else
     for (int __i = 0; __i < __rank - 1; ++__i)
     {
       // TODO(fbusato): check mul overflow
@@ -430,6 +433,7 @@ __get_tensor_sizes(const ::DLTensor& __tensor, int __rank, ::CUtensorMapDataType
       __output_strides[__i] = __stride_bytes;
     }
     return __output_strides;
+#  endif // DLPACK_MAJOR_VERSION > 1 || (DLPACK_MAJOR_VERSION == 1 && DLPACK_MINOR_VERSION >= 2)
   }
   // TMA ignores the innermost stride (always 1).
   for (int __i = __rank - 2; __i >= 0; --__i)
diff --git a/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/tma/make_tma_descriptor.pass.cpp b/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/tma/make_tma_descriptor.pass.cpp
index c6952d7d863..860a9268758 100644
--- a/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/tma/make_tma_descriptor.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/tma/make_tma_descriptor.pass.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ bool test_strides()
   // stride is 0
   strides_storage[0] = 0;
   unused(cuda::make_tma_descriptor(tensor, box_sizes));
-  // stride is nullptr
-  tensor.strides = nullptr;
-  unused(cuda::make_tma_descriptor(tensor, box_sizes));
   return true;
 }