diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 0d250d052487..d84cef89cdff 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -2693,8 +2693,13 @@ static int __btrfs_add_free_space_zoned(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 		bg_reclaim_threshold = READ_ONCE(sinfo->bg_reclaim_threshold);
 
 	spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
+	/* Count initial region as zone_unusable until it gets activated. */
 	if (!used)
 		to_free = size;
+	else if (initial &&
+		 test_bit(BTRFS_FS_ACTIVE_ZONE_TRACKING, &block_group->fs_info->flags) &&
+		 (block_group->flags & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)))
+		to_free = 0;
 	else if (initial)
 		to_free = block_group->zone_capacity;
 	else if (offset >= block_group->alloc_offset)
@@ -2722,7 +2727,8 @@ static int __btrfs_add_free_space_zoned(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 	reclaimable_unusable = block_group->zone_unusable -
 			       (block_group->length - block_group->zone_capacity);
 	/* All the region is now unusable. Mark it as unused and reclaim */
-	if (block_group->zone_unusable == block_group->length) {
+	if (block_group->zone_unusable == block_group->length &&
+	    block_group->alloc_offset) {
 		btrfs_mark_bg_unused(block_group);
 	} else if (bg_reclaim_threshold &&
 		   reclaimable_unusable >=
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index 22d1e930a916..6828712578ca 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -1580,9 +1580,19 @@ void btrfs_calc_zone_unusable(struct btrfs_block_group *cache)
 		return;
 
 	WARN_ON(cache->bytes_super != 0);
-	unusable = (cache->alloc_offset - cache->used) +
-		   (cache->length - cache->zone_capacity);
-	free = cache->zone_capacity - cache->alloc_offset;
+
+	/* Check for block groups never get activated */
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_ACTIVE_ZONE_TRACKING, &cache->fs_info->flags) &&
+	    cache->flags & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM) &&
+	    !test_bit(BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_ZONE_IS_ACTIVE, &cache->runtime_flags) &&
+	    cache->alloc_offset == 0) {
+		unusable = cache->length;
+		free = 0;
+	} else {
+		unusable = (cache->alloc_offset - cache->used) +
+			   (cache->length - cache->zone_capacity);
+		free = cache->zone_capacity - cache->alloc_offset;
+	}
 
 	/* We only need ->free_space in ALLOC_SEQ block groups */
 	cache->cached = BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED;
@@ -1901,7 +1911,11 @@ bool btrfs_zone_activate(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
 
 	/* Successfully activated all the zones */
 	set_bit(BLOCK_GROUP_FLAG_ZONE_IS_ACTIVE, &block_group->runtime_flags);
-	space_info->active_total_bytes += block_group->length;
+	WARN_ON(block_group->alloc_offset != 0);
+	if (block_group->zone_unusable == block_group->length) {
+		block_group->zone_unusable = block_group->length - block_group->zone_capacity;
+		space_info->bytes_zone_unusable -= block_group->zone_capacity;
+	}
 	spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
 	btrfs_try_granting_tickets(fs_info, space_info);
 	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
@@ -2265,7 +2279,7 @@ int btrfs_zone_finish_one_bg(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		u64 avail;
 
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
-		if (block_group->reserved ||
+		if (block_group->reserved || block_group->alloc_offset == 0 ||
 		    (block_group->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)) {
 			spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
 			continue;