diff --git a/transformers/tokenization_utils.py b/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
index cd14cc4582db..c5f469800bf6 100644
--- a/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
+++ b/transformers/tokenization_utils.py
@@ -671,10 +671,6 @@ def convert_tokens_to_ids(self, tokens):
         ids = []
         for token in tokens:
             ids.append(self._convert_token_to_id_with_added_voc(token))
-        if len(ids) > self.max_len:
-            logger.warning("Token indices sequence length is longer than the specified maximum sequence length "
-                           "for this model ({} > {}). Running this sequence through the model will result in "
-                           "indexing errors".format(len(ids), self.max_len))
         return ids
 
     def _convert_token_to_id_with_added_voc(self, token):
@@ -877,6 +873,11 @@ def prepare_for_model(self, ids, pair_ids=None, max_length=None, add_special_tok
             encoded_inputs["token_type_ids"] = encoded_inputs["token_type_ids"][:max_length]
             encoded_inputs["special_tokens_mask"] = encoded_inputs["special_tokens_mask"][:max_length]
 
+        if max_length is None and len(encoded_inputs["input_ids"]) > self.max_len:
+            logger.warning("Token indices sequence length is longer than the specified maximum sequence length "
+                           "for this model ({} > {}). Running this sequence through the model will result in "
+                           "indexing errors".format(len(ids), self.max_len))
+                           
         return encoded_inputs
 
     def truncate_sequences(self, ids, pair_ids=None, num_tokens_to_remove=0, truncation_strategy='longest_first', stride=0):