diff --git a/audit/internal/collector/storage.go b/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
index 5336a03..008528d 100644
--- a/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
+++ b/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
@@ -38,11 +38,22 @@ func bestEffortRescanHotplugStorage() {
 		for _, path := range hostPaths {
 			// SAS HBAs (e.g. smartpqi) block indefinitely in sas_user_scan when
 			// written to — SAS topology is discovered by the driver itself.
+			// Detect via two methods: (1) sas_host class registration, and
+			// (2) driver proc_name — smartpqi uses scsi_transport_sas but does
+			// not register a sas_host object, so (1) alone misses it.
 			host := filepath.Base(filepath.Dir(path))
 			if _, err := os.Stat("/sys/class/sas_host/" + host); err == nil {
 				slog.Info("storage: scsi host scan skipped (SAS host)", "path", path)
 				continue
 			}
+			if procName, err := os.ReadFile("/sys/class/scsi_host/" + host + "/proc_name"); err == nil {
+				switch strings.TrimSpace(string(procName)) {
+				case "smartpqi", "hpsa":
+					slog.Info("storage: scsi host scan skipped (SAS transport driver)",
+						"path", path, "driver", strings.TrimSpace(string(procName)))
+					continue
+				}
+			}
 			if err := hotplugWriteFile(path, []byte("- - -\n"), 0644); err != nil {
 				slog.Info("storage: scsi host scan write failed", "path", path, "err", err)
 				continue