diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 61594eaf1f8969..df3fe36126f998 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -4154,7 +4154,7 @@ void btrfs_clear_buffer_dirty(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * The actual zeroout of the buffer will happen later in
 	 * btree_csum_one_bio.
 	 */
-	if (btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info)) {
+	if (btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info) && test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_DIRTY, &eb->bflags)) {
 		set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_ZONED_ZEROOUT, &eb->bflags);
 		return;
 	}