diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/zork/smihandler.c b/src/mainboard/google/zork/smihandler.c
index 802487b973..3a10dd25f5 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/zork/smihandler.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/zork/smihandler.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <acpi/acpi.h>
 #include <baseboard/variants.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
 #include <cpu/x86/smm.h>
 #include <ec/google/chromeec/smm.h>
 #include <gpio.h>
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@
 
 void mainboard_smi_gpi(u32 gpi_sts)
 {
-	if (CONFIG(EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC))
-		chromeec_smi_process_events();
+	printk(BIOS_WARNING, "No GPIO is set up as PAD_SMI, so %s should never end up being "
+			     "called. gpi_status is %x.\n", __func__, gpi_sts);
 }
+
 void mainboard_smi_sleep(u8 slp_typ)
 {
 	size_t num_gpios;