diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 95391f78b8d5..e5f0f1703c5d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1594,6 +1594,13 @@ static int device_not_zoned_model(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
 	return blk_queue_zoned_model(q) != *zoned_model;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check the device zoned model based on the target feature flag. If the target
+ * has the DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM feature flag set, host-managed zoned devices are
+ * also accepted but all devices must have the same zoned model. If the target
+ * has the DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL feature set, the devices can have any
+ * zoned model with all zoned devices having the same zone size.
+ */
 static bool dm_table_supports_zoned_model(struct dm_table *t,
 					  enum blk_zoned_model zoned_model)
 {
@@ -1603,13 +1610,15 @@ static bool dm_table_supports_zoned_model(struct dm_table *t,
 	for (i = 0; i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t); i++) {
 		ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i);
 
-		if (zoned_model == BLK_ZONED_HM &&
-		    !dm_target_supports_zoned_hm(ti->type))
-			return false;
-
-		if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
-		    ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, device_not_zoned_model, &zoned_model))
-			return false;
+		if (dm_target_supports_zoned_hm(ti->type)) {
+			if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
+			    ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, device_not_zoned_model,
+						      &zoned_model))
+				return false;
+		} else if (!dm_target_supports_mixed_zoned_model(ti->type)) {
+			if (zoned_model == BLK_ZONED_HM)
+				return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -1621,9 +1630,17 @@ static int device_not_matches_zone_sectors(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(dev->bdev);
 	unsigned int *zone_sectors = data;
 
+	if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
+		return 0;
+
 	return blk_queue_zone_sectors(q) != *zone_sectors;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check consistency of zoned model and zone sectors across all targets. For
+ * zone sectors, if the destination device is a zoned block device, it shall
+ * have the specified zone_sectors.
+ */
 static int validate_hardware_zoned_model(struct dm_table *table,
 					 enum blk_zoned_model zoned_model,
 					 unsigned int zone_sectors)
@@ -1642,7 +1659,7 @@ static int validate_hardware_zoned_model(struct dm_table *table,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (dm_table_any_dev_attr(table, device_not_matches_zone_sectors, &zone_sectors)) {
-		DMERR("%s: zone sectors is not consistent across all devices",
+		DMERR("%s: zone sectors is not consistent across all zoned devices",
 		      dm_device_name(table->md));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 697f9de37355..7e88df64d197 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ static int dmz_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
 static struct target_type dmz_type = {
 	.name		 = "zoned",
 	.version	 = {2, 0, 0},
-	.features	 = DM_TARGET_SINGLETON | DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM,
+	.features	 = DM_TARGET_SINGLETON | DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL,
 	.module		 = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr		 = dmz_ctr,
 	.dtr		 = dmz_dtr,
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 7f4ac87c0b32..5c641f930caf 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -253,7 +253,11 @@ struct target_type {
 #define dm_target_passes_integrity(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY)
 
 /*
- * Indicates that a target supports host-managed zoned block devices.
+ * Indicates support for zoned block devices:
+ * - DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM: the target also supports host-managed zoned
+ *   block devices but does not support combining different zoned models.
+ * - DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL: the target supports combining multiple
+ *   devices with different zoned models.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 #define DM_TARGET_ZONED_HM		0x00000040
@@ -275,6 +279,15 @@ struct target_type {
 #define DM_TARGET_PASSES_CRYPTO		0x00000100
 #define dm_target_passes_crypto(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_PASSES_CRYPTO)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
+#define DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL	0x00000200
+#define dm_target_supports_mixed_zoned_model(type) \
+	((type)->features & DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL)
+#else
+#define DM_TARGET_MIXED_ZONED_MODEL	0x00000000
+#define dm_target_supports_mixed_zoned_model(type) (false)
+#endif
+
 struct dm_target {
 	struct dm_table *table;
 	struct target_type *type;