diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 328075787814..594eeba7b949 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ static inline void blk_zone_update_request_bio(struct request *rq,
 	 * the original BIO sector so that blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio() can
 	 * lookup the zone write plug.
 	 */
-	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND || bio_zone_write_plugging(bio))
+	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND ||
+	    bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND))
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = rq->__sector;
 }
 void blk_zone_write_plug_bio_endio(struct bio *bio);