diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index a16b5abdbbf5..3bf28149e104 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static inline blk_status_t blk_check_zone_append(struct request_queue *q,
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
 	/* Make sure the BIO is small enough and will not get split */
-	if (nr_sectors > q->limits.max_zone_append_sectors)
+	if (nr_sectors > queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q))
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 
 	bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOMERGE;
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index cdbaef159c4b..c0197e1e7485 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -412,24 +412,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors);
  * blk_queue_max_zone_append_sectors - set max sectors for a single zone append
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
  * @max_zone_append_sectors: maximum number of sectors to write per command
+ *
+ * Sets the maximum number of sectors allowed for zone append commands. If
+ * Specifying 0 for @max_zone_append_sectors indicates that the queue does
+ * not natively support zone append operations and that the block layer must
+ * emulate these operations using regular writes.
  **/
 void blk_queue_max_zone_append_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
 		unsigned int max_zone_append_sectors)
 {
-	unsigned int max_sectors;
+	unsigned int max_sectors = 0;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(!blk_queue_is_zoned(q)))
 		return;
 
-	max_sectors = min(q->limits.max_hw_sectors, max_zone_append_sectors);
-	max_sectors = min(q->limits.chunk_sectors, max_sectors);
+	if (max_zone_append_sectors) {
+		max_sectors = min(q->limits.max_hw_sectors,
+				  max_zone_append_sectors);
+		max_sectors = min(q->limits.chunk_sectors, max_sectors);
 
-	/*
-	 * Signal eventual driver bugs resulting in the max_zone_append sectors limit
-	 * being 0 due to a 0 argument, the chunk_sectors limit (zone size) not set,
-	 * or the max_hw_sectors limit not set.
-	 */
-	WARN_ON(!max_sectors);
+		/*
+		 * Signal eventual driver bugs resulting in the max_zone_append
+		 * sectors limit being 0 due to the chunk_sectors limit (zone
+		 * size) not set or the max_hw_sectors limit not set.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!max_sectors);
+	}
 
 	q->limits.max_zone_append_sectors = max_sectors;
 }
@@ -756,8 +764,8 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 	t->max_dev_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_dev_sectors, b->max_dev_sectors);
 	t->max_write_zeroes_sectors = min(t->max_write_zeroes_sectors,
 					b->max_write_zeroes_sectors);
-	t->max_zone_append_sectors = min(t->max_zone_append_sectors,
-					b->max_zone_append_sectors);
+	t->max_zone_append_sectors = min(queue_limits_max_zone_append_sectors(t),
+					 queue_limits_max_zone_append_sectors(b));
 	t->bounce = max(t->bounce, b->bounce);
 
 	t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask,
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 8c8f69d8ba48..e3ed5a921aff 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static ssize_t queue_zone_write_granularity_show(struct request_queue *q,
 
 static ssize_t queue_zone_append_max_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
-	unsigned long long max_sectors = q->limits.max_zone_append_sectors;
+	unsigned long long max_sectors = queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q);
 
 	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", max_sectors << SECTOR_SHIFT);
 }
diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 1c713a258ff2..10c713aa9507 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ int blk_revalidate_disk_zones(struct gendisk *disk,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (!q->limits.max_zone_append_sectors) {
+	if (!queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q)) {
 		pr_warn("%s: Invalid 0 maximum zone append limit\n",
 			disk->disk_name);
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6490133b54a3..8013198a78c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1175,12 +1175,29 @@ static inline unsigned int queue_max_segment_size(const struct request_queue *q)
 	return q->limits.max_segment_size;
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int queue_max_zone_append_sectors(const struct request_queue *q)
+static inline unsigned int queue_limits_max_zone_append_sectors(struct queue_limits *l)
 {
+	unsigned int max_sectors = min(l->chunk_sectors, l->max_hw_sectors);
 
-	const struct queue_limits *l = &q->limits;
+	return min_not_zero(l->max_zone_append_sectors, max_sectors);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int queue_max_zone_append_sectors(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	if (!blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
+		return 0;
 
-	return min(l->max_zone_append_sectors, l->max_sectors);
+	return queue_limits_max_zone_append_sectors(&q->limits);
+}
+
+static inline bool queue_emulates_zone_append(struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return blk_queue_is_zoned(q) && !q->limits.max_zone_append_sectors;
+}
+
+static inline bool bdev_emulates_zone_append(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	return queue_emulates_zone_append(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int
