diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/bench_shuffle.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/bench_shuffle.cpp
index 0fbab9c2777b..ddbc7c11a38a 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/bench_shuffle.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/bench_shuffle.cpp
@@ -502,10 +502,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   // We're only going to measure the last run, so disable initially.
   stats->disable();
+  RAPIDSMPF_EXPECTS(args.pinned_mem_disable || rapidsmpf::is_pinned_memory_resources_supported(),
+                    "pinned host memory is not supported on this system; pass `-L` to disable it.",
+                    std::runtime_error);
+  auto pinned_pool_properties =
+    args.pinned_mem_disable ? rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled : rapidsmpf::PinnedPoolProperties{};
   auto br = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
     rmm_mr,
-    args.pinned_mem_disable ? rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled
-                            : rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::make_if_available(),
+    std::move(pinned_pool_properties),
     std::move(memory_limits),
     std::chrono::milliseconds{1},
     std::make_shared<rmm::cuda_stream_pool>(16, rmm::cuda_stream::flags::non_blocking),
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/bench_streaming_shuffle.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/bench_streaming_shuffle.cpp
index 511b9a022135..1d7f1604498e 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/bench_streaming_shuffle.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/bench_streaming_shuffle.cpp
@@ -331,11 +331,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
   auto stats = rapidsmpf::Statistics::create();
 
-  auto pinned_mr = args.pinned_mem_disable ? rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled
-                                           : rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::make_if_available();
-  auto br        = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
+  RAPIDSMPF_EXPECTS(args.pinned_mem_disable || rapidsmpf::is_pinned_memory_resources_supported(),
+                    "pinned host memory is not supported on this system; pass `-L` to disable it.",
+                    std::runtime_error);
+  auto pinned_pool_properties =
+    args.pinned_mem_disable ? rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled : rapidsmpf::PinnedPoolProperties{};
+  auto br = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
     rmm_mr,
-    pinned_mr,
+    std::move(pinned_pool_properties),
     std::move(memory_limits),
     std::nullopt,
     std::make_shared<rmm::cuda_stream_pool>(16, rmm::cuda_stream::flags::non_blocking),
@@ -425,7 +428,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   if (args.enable_memory_profiler) {
     log->print(statistics->report({
       .mr        = stat_enabled_mr,
-      .pinned_mr = pinned_mr,
+      .pinned_mr = br->try_pinned_mr(),
       .header    = "Statistics (of the last run):",
     }));
   } else {
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/ndsh/utils.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/ndsh/utils.cpp
index 2261b9f4607f..49556081e849 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/ndsh/utils.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/benchmarks/streaming/ndsh/utils.cpp
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ std::pair<std::shared_ptr<streaming::Context>, std::shared_ptr<Communicator>> cr
     "noting that this may significantly degrade spilling performance.",
     std::invalid_argument);
 
+  auto pinned_pool_properties =
+    arguments.no_pinned_host_memory ? PinnedMemoryDisabled : PinnedPoolProperties{};
   auto br                              = BufferResource::create(std::move(mr),
-                                   arguments.no_pinned_host_memory
-                                                                  ? PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled
-                                                                  : PinnedMemoryResource::make_if_available(),
+                                   std::move(pinned_pool_properties),
                                    std::move(memory_limits),
                                    arguments.periodic_spill,
                                    std::make_shared<rmm::cuda_stream_pool>(
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/base_streaming_fixture.hpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/base_streaming_fixture.hpp
index 03576f816ef4..8a849bd22d98 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/base_streaming_fixture.hpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/base_streaming_fixture.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BaseStreamingFixture : public ::testing::Test {
 
     stream = cudf::get_default_stream();
     br     = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
-      mr_cuda, rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled, std::move(memory_limits));
+      mr_cuda, rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled, std::move(memory_limits));
     ctx = std::make_shared<rapidsmpf::streaming::Context>(
       std::move(options), GlobalEnvironment->comm_->logger(), br);
   }
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/test_table_chunk.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/test_table_chunk.cpp
index 7d8347296583..35719072c67b 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/test_table_chunk.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/streaming/test_table_chunk.cpp
@@ -38,13 +38,18 @@ class StreamingTableChunk : public BaseStreamingFixture,
     auto stream_pool =
       std::make_shared<rmm::cuda_stream_pool>(16, rmm::cuda_stream::flags::non_blocking);
     stream = cudf::get_default_stream();
-    br     = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
-      mr_cuda,                                               // device_mr
-      rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::make_if_available(),  // pinned_mr
-      memory_limits,                                         // memory_limits
-      std::chrono::milliseconds{1},                          // periodic_spill_check
-      stream_pool,                                           // stream_pool
-      rapidsmpf::Statistics::disabled()                      // statistics
+    // Enable pinned host memory only when supported; otherwise the non-pinned
+    // params still run and the PINNED_HOST cases skip in the test bodies.
+    auto pinned_pool_properties = rapidsmpf::is_pinned_memory_resources_supported()
+                                    ? rapidsmpf::PinnedPoolProperties{}
+                                    : rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled;
+    br                          = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
+      mr_cuda,                            // device_mr
+      std::move(pinned_pool_properties),  // pinned_pool_properties
+      memory_limits,                      // memory_limits
+      std::chrono::milliseconds{1},       // periodic_spill_check
+      stream_pool,                        // stream_pool
+      rapidsmpf::Statistics::disabled()   // statistics
     );
     ctx = std::make_shared<rapidsmpf::streaming::Context>(
       options, GlobalEnvironment->comm_->logger(), br);
diff --git a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/test_shuffler.cpp b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/test_shuffler.cpp
index 8b4165f2219c..8a9274ed39c9 100644
--- a/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/test_shuffler.cpp
+++ b/cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/test_shuffler.cpp
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ class MemoryLimits_NumPartition
     memory_limits        = std::get<0>(GetParam());
     total_num_partitions = std::get<1>(GetParam());
     total_num_rows       = std::get<2>(GetParam());
-    br                   = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(
-      mr(), rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled, memory_limits);
+    br = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(mr(), rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled, memory_limits);
 
     shuffler = std::make_unique<rapidsmpf::shuffler::Shuffler>(GlobalEnvironment->comm_,
                                                                0,  // op_id
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ TEST(Shuffler, SpillOnInsertAndExtraction)
   // exposed via `device_mr_adaptor()`, so the test can observe per-rank
   // allocation counts via `get_main_record().num_current_allocs()`.
   auto br        = rapidsmpf::BufferResource::create(cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(),
-                                              rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryResource::Disabled,
+                                              rapidsmpf::PinnedMemoryDisabled,
                                                      {{rapidsmpf::MemoryType::DEVICE, k_no_spill_limit}},
                                               std::nullopt  // disable periodic spill check
   );