diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index fcbf0953a1798..88b541e8873fb 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -821,8 +821,7 @@ static void blk_complete_request(struct request *req)
 		/* Completion has already been traced */
 		bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_TRACE_COMPLETION);
 
-		if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND)
-			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = req->__sector;
+		blk_zone_update_request_bio(req, bio);
 
 		if (!is_flush)
 			bio_endio(bio);
@@ -923,10 +922,10 @@ bool blk_update_request(struct request *req, blk_status_t error,
 		bio_advance(bio, bio_bytes);
 
 		/* Don't actually finish bio if it's part of flush sequence */
-		if (!bio->bi_iter.bi_size && !is_flush) {
-			if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND)
-				bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = req->__sector;
-			bio_endio(bio);
+		if (!bio->bi_iter.bi_size) {
+			blk_zone_update_request_bio(req, bio);
+			if (!is_flush)
+				bio_endio(bio);
 		}
 
 		total_bytes += bio_bytes;
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index d9f584984bc44..17786052f32de 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -408,12 +408,29 @@ static inline struct bio *blk_queue_bounce(struct bio *bio,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 void disk_free_zone_bitmaps(struct gendisk *disk);
+static inline void blk_zone_update_request_bio(struct request *rq,
+					       struct bio *bio)
+{
+	/*
+	 * For zone append requests, the request sector indicates the location
+	 * at which the BIO data was written. Return this value to the BIO
+	 * issuer through the BIO iter sector.
+	 */
+	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND)
+		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = rq->__sector;
+}
 int blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int cmd,
 		unsigned long arg);
 int blkdev_zone_mgmt_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
-static inline void disk_free_zone_bitmaps(struct gendisk *disk) {}
+static inline void disk_free_zone_bitmaps(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+}
+static inline void blk_zone_update_request_bio(struct request *rq,
+					       struct bio *bio)
+{
+}
 static inline int blkdev_report_zones_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev,
 		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {