diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
index fa68336560c3..d8334cd45d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
@@ -1169,6 +1169,9 @@ static int dmz_init_zones(struct dmz_metadata *zmd)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		if (!nr_blkz)
+			break;
+
 		/* Process report */
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_blkz; i++) {
 			ret = dmz_init_zone(zmd, zone, &blkz[i]);
@@ -1204,6 +1207,8 @@ static int dmz_update_zone(struct dmz_metadata *zmd, struct dm_zone *zone)
 	/* Get zone information from disk */
 	ret = blkdev_report_zones(zmd->dev->bdev, dmz_start_sect(zmd, zone),
 				  &blkz, &nr_blkz, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!nr_blkz)
+		ret = -EIO;
 	if (ret) {
 		dmz_dev_err(zmd->dev, "Get zone %u report failed",
 			    dmz_id(zmd, zone));