diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 8ac1038d0c79..291cf9df7fc2 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ static bool disk_has_partitions(struct gendisk *disk)
 void disk_set_zoned(struct gendisk *disk, enum blk_zoned_model model)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = disk->queue;
+	unsigned int old_model = q->limits.zoned;
 
 	switch (model) {
 	case BLK_ZONED_HM:
@@ -946,7 +947,7 @@ void disk_set_zoned(struct gendisk *disk, enum blk_zoned_model model)
 		 */
 		blk_queue_zone_write_granularity(q,
 						queue_logical_block_size(q));
-	} else {
+	} else if (old_model != BLK_ZONED_NONE) {
 		disk_clear_zone_settings(disk);
 	}
 }