diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 026ba68d8298..96e07f24bd9a 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void blk_apply_bdi_limits(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 
 static int blk_validate_zoned_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 {
-	if (!lim->zoned) {
+	if (!(lim->features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED)) {
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_open_zones) ||
 		    WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->max_active_zones) ||
 		    WARN_ON_ONCE(lim->zone_write_granularity) ||
@@ -602,8 +602,7 @@ int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 						   b->max_secure_erase_sectors);
 	t->zone_write_granularity = max(t->zone_write_granularity,
 					b->zone_write_granularity);
-	t->zoned = max(t->zoned, b->zoned);
-	if (!t->zoned) {
+	if (!(t->features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED)) {
 		t->zone_write_granularity = 0;
 		t->max_zone_append_sectors = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/zoned.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/zoned.c
index f118d304f310..ca8e739e76b9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/zoned.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/zoned.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int null_init_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev,
 		sector += dev->zone_size_sects;
 	}
 
-	lim->zoned = true;
+	lim->features |= BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 	lim->chunk_sectors = dev->zone_size_sects;
 	lim->max_zone_append_sectors = dev->zone_append_max_sectors;
 	lim->max_open_zones = dev->zone_max_open;
diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 4fcde0999358..69c16018cbb1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ static int ublk_ctrl_start_dev(struct ublk_device *ub, struct io_uring_cmd *cmd)
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-		lim.zoned = true;
+		lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 		lim.max_active_zones = p->max_active_zones;
 		lim.max_open_zones =  p->max_open_zones;
 		lim.max_zone_append_sectors = p->max_zone_append_sectors;
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 13a2f24f1766..cea45b296f8b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static int virtblk_read_zoned_limits(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
 
 	dev_dbg(&vdev->dev, "probing host-managed zoned device\n");
 
-	lim->zoned = true;
+	lim->features |= BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 
 	virtio_cread(vdev, struct virtio_blk_config,
 		     zoned.max_open_zones, &v);
@@ -1546,7 +1546,8 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	 * All steps that follow use the VQs therefore they need to be
 	 * placed after the virtio_device_ready() call above.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) && lim.zoned) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) &&
+	    (lim.features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED)) {
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ZONE_RESETALL, vblk->disk->queue);
 		err = blk_revalidate_disk_zones(vblk->disk);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index ca1f136575cf..df6313c3fe6b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1605,12 +1605,12 @@ int dm_calculate_queue_limits(struct dm_table *t,
 		ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, dm_set_device_limits,
 					  &ti_limits);
 
-		if (!zoned && ti_limits.zoned) {
+		if (!zoned && (ti_limits.features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED)) {
 			/*
 			 * After stacking all limits, validate all devices
 			 * in table support this zoned model and zone sectors.
 			 */
-			zoned = ti_limits.zoned;
+			zoned = (ti_limits.features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED);
 			zone_sectors = ti_limits.chunk_sectors;
 		}
 
@@ -1658,12 +1658,12 @@ combine_limits:
 	 *   zoned model on host-managed zoned block devices.
 	 * BUT...
 	 */
-	if (limits->zoned) {
+	if (limits->features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED) {
 		/*
 		 * ...IF the above limits stacking determined a zoned model
 		 * validate that all of the table's devices conform to it.
 		 */
-		zoned = limits->zoned;
+		zoned = limits->features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 		zone_sectors = limits->chunk_sectors;
 	}
 	if (validate_hardware_zoned(t, zoned, zone_sectors))
@@ -1834,7 +1834,8 @@ int dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	 * For a zoned target, setup the zones related queue attributes
 	 * and resources necessary for zone append emulation if necessary.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) && limits->zoned) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) &&
+	    (limits->features & limits->features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED)) {
 		r = dm_set_zones_restrictions(t, q, limits);
 		if (r)
 			return r;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zone.c b/drivers/md/dm-zone.c
index 5d66d916730e..88d313229b43 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zone.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zone.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ int dm_set_zones_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	if (nr_conv_zones >= ret) {
 		lim->max_open_zones = 0;
 		lim->max_active_zones = 0;
-		lim->zoned = false;
+		lim->features &= ~BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 		clear_bit(DMF_EMULATE_ZONE_APPEND, &md->flags);
 		disk->nr_zones = 0;
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 12236e6f46f3..cd0ee144973f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static void dmz_io_hints(struct dm_target *ti, struct queue_limits *limits)
 	limits->max_sectors = chunk_sectors;
 
 	/* We are exposing a drive-managed zoned block device */
-	limits->zoned = false;
+	limits->features &= ~BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
index 77aa0f440a6d..06f2417aa50d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ free_data:
 void nvme_update_zone_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct queue_limits *lim,
 		struct nvme_zone_info *zi)
 {
-	lim->zoned = 1;
+	lim->features |= BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 	lim->max_open_zones = zi->max_open_zones;
 	lim->max_active_zones = zi->max_active_zones;
 	lim->max_zone_append_sectors = ns->ctrl->max_zone_append;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
index 360ec9804995..d3f84665946e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ int sd_zbc_read_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, struct queue_limits *lim,
 	if (sdkp->device->type != TYPE_ZBC)
 		return 0;
 
-	lim->zoned = true;
+	lim->features |= BLK_FEAT_ZONED;
 
 	/*
 	 * Per ZBC and ZAC specifications, writes in sequential write required
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index cd27b66cbacc..bdc30c1fb1b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ enum {
 
 	/* supports I/O polling */
 	BLK_FEAT_POLL				= (1u << 9),
+
+	/* is a zoned device */
+	BLK_FEAT_ZONED				= (1u << 10),
 };
 
 /*
@@ -320,7 +323,7 @@ enum {
  */
 #define BLK_FEAT_INHERIT_MASK \
 	(BLK_FEAT_WRITE_CACHE | BLK_FEAT_FUA | BLK_FEAT_ROTATIONAL | \
-	 BLK_FEAT_STABLE_WRITES)
+	 BLK_FEAT_STABLE_WRITES | BLK_FEAT_ZONED)
 
 /* internal flags in queue_limits.flags */
 enum {
@@ -372,7 +375,6 @@ struct queue_limits {
 	unsigned char		misaligned;
 	unsigned char		discard_misaligned;
 	unsigned char		raid_partial_stripes_expensive;
-	bool			zoned;
 	unsigned int		max_open_zones;
 	unsigned int		max_active_zones;
 
@@ -654,7 +656,8 @@ static inline enum rpm_status queue_rpm_status(struct request_queue *q)
 
 static inline bool blk_queue_is_zoned(struct request_queue *q)
 {
-	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) && q->limits.zoned;
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED) &&
+		(q->limits.features & BLK_FEAT_ZONED);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED