diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index da710067e527..70211751df16 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -348,19 +348,6 @@ fail:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline bool disk_zone_is_conv(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
-{
-	unsigned long *bitmap;
-	bool is_conv;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	bitmap = rcu_dereference(disk->conv_zones_bitmap);
-	is_conv = bitmap && test_bit(disk_zone_no(disk, sector), bitmap);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	return is_conv;
-}
-
 static bool disk_zone_is_last(struct gendisk *disk, struct blk_zone *zone)
 {
 	return zone->start + zone->len >= get_capacity(disk);
@@ -715,7 +702,7 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_handle_reset_or_finish(struct bio *bio,
 	struct blk_zone_wplug *zwplug;
 
 	/* Conventional zones cannot be reset nor finished. */
-	if (disk_zone_is_conv(disk, sector)) {
+	if (!bdev_zone_is_seq(bio->bi_bdev, sector)) {
 		bio_io_error(bio);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -969,7 +956,7 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_handle_write(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 	}
 
 	/* Conventional zones do not need write plugging. */
-	if (disk_zone_is_conv(disk, sector)) {
+	if (!bdev_zone_is_seq(bio->bi_bdev, sector)) {
 		/* Zone append to conventional zones is not allowed. */
 		if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND) {
 			bio_io_error(bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6d379803c777..93551772c1d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1395,6 +1395,33 @@ static inline bool bdev_is_zone_start(struct block_device *bdev,
 	return bdev_offset_from_zone_start(bdev, sector) == 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bdev_zone_is_seq - check if a sector belongs to a sequential write zone
+ * @bdev:	block device to check
+ * @sector:	sector number
+ *
+ * Check if @sector on @bdev is contained in a sequential write required zone.
+ */
+static inline bool bdev_zone_is_seq(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector)
+{
+	bool is_seq = false;
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED)
+	if (bdev_is_zoned(bdev)) {
+		struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
+		unsigned long *bitmap;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		bitmap = rcu_dereference(disk->conv_zones_bitmap);
+		is_seq = !bitmap ||
+			!test_bit(disk_zone_no(disk, sector), bitmap);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return is_seq;
+}
+
 static inline int queue_dma_alignment(const struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	return q->limits.dma_alignment;