diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
index 1290728c197e..939deed1606a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
@@ -1907,7 +1907,13 @@ again:
 		zone = NULL;
 		goto again;
 	}
+	if (dmz_is_meta(zone)) {
+		struct dmz_dev *dev = dmz_zone_to_dev(zmd, zone);
 
+		dmz_dev_warn(dev, "Zone %u has metadata", zone->id);
+		zone = NULL;
+		goto again;
+	}
 	return zone;
 }