diff --git a/audit/internal/collector/storage.go b/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
index 0d93b39..2f69983 100644
--- a/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
+++ b/audit/internal/collector/storage.go
@@ -270,9 +270,16 @@ func mergeStorageDevice(existing, incoming lsblkDevice) lsblkDevice {
 
 // smartctlInfo is the subset of smartctl -j -a output we care about.
 type smartctlInfo struct {
-	ModelFamily  string `json:"model_family"`
-	ModelName    string `json:"model_name"`
-	SerialNumber string `json:"serial_number"`
+	ModelFamily string `json:"model_family"`
+	ModelName   string `json:"model_name"`
+	// ScsiModelName is set instead of ModelName when smartctl reports over the
+	// SCSI protocol (device.protocol == "SCSI") — this includes NVMe drives
+	// exposed through a RAID/HBA passthrough as /dev/sdX rather than
+	// /dev/nvmeX, which report no ModelName at all.
+	ScsiModelName string `json:"scsi_model_name"`
+	ScsiVendor    string `json:"scsi_vendor"`
+	ScsiProduct   string `json:"scsi_product"`
+	SerialNumber  string `json:"serial_number"`
 	FirmwareVer  string `json:"firmware_version"`
 	RotationRate int    `json:"rotation_rate"`
 	Temperature  struct {
@@ -299,6 +306,21 @@ type smartctlInfo struct {
 	PowerCycleCount int `json:"power_cycle_count"`
 }
 
+// smartctlModelName picks the drive model out of a parsed smartctl -j -a
+// document. ATA/NVMe devices report it as model_name; devices smartctl talks
+// to over the SCSI protocol (including NVMe drives exposed through a
+// RAID/HBA passthrough as /dev/sdX) leave model_name empty and report
+// scsi_model_name, or failing that scsi_vendor/scsi_product, instead.
+func smartctlModelName(info smartctlInfo) string {
+	if v := cleanDMIValue(info.ModelName); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	if v := cleanDMIValue(info.ScsiModelName); v != "" {
+		return v
+	}
+	return cleanDMIValue(strings.TrimSpace(info.ScsiVendor + " " + info.ScsiProduct))
+}
+
 func enrichWithSmartctl(dev lsblkDevice) schema.HardwareStorage {
 	present := true
 	s := schema.HardwareStorage{Present: &present}
@@ -349,7 +371,7 @@ func enrichWithSmartctl(dev lsblkDevice) schema.HardwareStorage {
 	var raw map[string]any
 	_ = json.Unmarshal(out, &raw)
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(out, &info); err == nil {
-		if v := cleanDMIValue(info.ModelName); v != "" {
+		if v := smartctlModelName(info); v != "" {
 			s.Model = &v
 		}
 		if v := cleanDMIValue(info.SerialNumber); v != "" {
diff --git a/audit/internal/collector/storage_scsi_test.go b/audit/internal/collector/storage_scsi_test.go
index 2bca785..4257dd3 100644
--- a/audit/internal/collector/storage_scsi_test.go
+++ b/audit/internal/collector/storage_scsi_test.go
@@ -99,3 +99,51 @@ func TestApplySCSISmartctlTelemetryDoesNotOverwriteExistingValues(t *testing.T)
 		t.Fatalf("life_used_pct=%v want 50", disk.LifeUsedPct)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSmartctlModelNamePrefersATAModelName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	info := smartctlInfo{
+		ModelName:     "Samsung SSD 970 EVO",
+		ScsiModelName: "should not be used",
+	}
+	if got := smartctlModelName(info); got != "Samsung SSD 970 EVO" {
+		t.Fatalf("model=%q want %q", got, "Samsung SSD 970 EVO")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSmartctlModelNameFallsBackToScsiModelName(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// NVMe drive exposed through a RAID/HBA passthrough as /dev/sdX:
+	// smartctl reports it over the SCSI protocol, so model_name is empty
+	// and the model only shows up as scsi_model_name.
+	info := smartctlInfo{
+		ScsiModelName: "NVMe SSSTC CA6-8D1024",
+		ScsiVendor:    "NVMe",
+		ScsiProduct:   "SSSTC CA6-8D1024",
+	}
+	if got := smartctlModelName(info); got != "NVMe SSSTC CA6-8D1024" {
+		t.Fatalf("model=%q want %q", got, "NVMe SSSTC CA6-8D1024")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSmartctlModelNameFallsBackToScsiVendorProduct(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	info := smartctlInfo{
+		ScsiVendor:  "NVMe",
+		ScsiProduct: "SSSTC CA6-8D1024",
+	}
+	if got := smartctlModelName(info); got != "NVMe SSSTC CA6-8D1024" {
+		t.Fatalf("model=%q want %q", got, "NVMe SSSTC CA6-8D1024")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSmartctlModelNameEmptyWhenNoFieldsSet(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if got := smartctlModelName(smartctlInfo{}); got != "" {
+		t.Fatalf("model=%q want empty", got)
+	}
+}