diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 8ec7c8f109d7..6e13a5127b01 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@
 
 #include "zonefs.h"
 
+static inline int zonefs_zone_mgmt(struct inode *inode,
+				   enum req_opf op)
+{
+	struct zonefs_inode_info *zi = ZONEFS_I(inode);
+	int ret;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&zi->i_truncate_mutex);
+
+	ret = blkdev_zone_mgmt(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, op, zi->i_zsector,
+			       zi->i_zone_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (ret) {
+		zonefs_err(inode->i_sb,
+			   "Zone management operation %s at %llu failed %d\n",
+			   blk_op_str(op), zi->i_zsector, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int zonefs_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
 			      unsigned int flags, struct iomap *iomap,
 			      struct iomap *srcmap)
@@ -397,14 +417,9 @@ static int zonefs_file_truncate(struct inode *inode, loff_t isize)
 	if (isize == old_isize)
 		goto unlock;
 
-	ret = blkdev_zone_mgmt(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, op, zi->i_zsector,
-			       zi->i_zone_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (ret) {
-		zonefs_err(inode->i_sb,
-			   "Zone management operation at %llu failed %d",
-			   zi->i_zsector, ret);
+	ret = zonefs_zone_mgmt(inode, op);
+	if (ret)
 		goto unlock;
-	}
 
 	zonefs_update_stats(inode, isize);
 	truncate_setsize(inode, isize);