diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 50a98f56da88c..4c63564adeaa6 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -895,10 +895,19 @@ static inline blk_status_t nvme_setup_write_zeroes(struct nvme_ns *ns,
 		cpu_to_le64(nvme_sect_to_lba(ns, blk_rq_pos(req)));
 	cmnd->write_zeroes.length =
 		cpu_to_le16((blk_rq_bytes(req) >> ns->lba_shift) - 1);
-	if (nvme_ns_has_pi(ns))
+
+	if (nvme_ns_has_pi(ns)) {
 		cmnd->write_zeroes.control = cpu_to_le16(NVME_RW_PRINFO_PRACT);
-	else
-		cmnd->write_zeroes.control = 0;
+
+		switch (ns->pi_type) {
+		case NVME_NS_DPS_PI_TYPE1:
+		case NVME_NS_DPS_PI_TYPE2:
+			cmnd->write_zeroes.reftag =
+				cpu_to_le32(t10_pi_ref_tag(req));
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }