diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 1520773d545f..99f91efe3824 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2125,7 +2125,8 @@ static void nvme_update_disk_info(struct gendisk *disk,
 	nvme_config_discard(disk, ns);
 	nvme_config_write_zeroes(disk, ns);
 
-	if (id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO)
+	if ((id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO) ||
+	    test_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags))
 		set_disk_ro(disk, true);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index ae017f727798..bfcedfa4b057 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ struct nvme_ns {
 #define NVME_NS_REMOVING	0
 #define NVME_NS_DEAD     	1
 #define NVME_NS_ANA_PENDING	2
+#define NVME_NS_FORCE_RO	3
 
 	struct nvme_fault_inject fault_inject;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
index 67e87e9f306f..1dfe9a3500e3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
@@ -55,12 +55,17 @@ int nvme_update_zone_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, unsigned lbaf)
 	int status;
 
 	/* Driver requires zone append support */
-	if (!(le32_to_cpu(log->iocs[nvme_cmd_zone_append]) &
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(log->iocs[nvme_cmd_zone_append]) &
 			NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSUPP)) {
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags))
+			dev_warn(ns->ctrl->device,
+				 "Zone Append supported for zoned namespace:%d. Remove read-only mode\n",
+				 ns->head->ns_id);
+	} else {
+		set_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags);
 		dev_warn(ns->ctrl->device,
-			"append not supported for zoned namespace:%d\n",
-			ns->head->ns_id);
-		return -EINVAL;
+			 "Zone Append not supported for zoned namespace:%d. Forcing to read-only mode\n",
+			 ns->head->ns_id);
 	}
 
 	/* Lazily query controller append limit for the first zoned namespace */