diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index 44a13ed6b8b2..0706c0788cb2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -3189,6 +3189,17 @@ int btrfs_reset_unused_block_groups(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, u64 num
 		reclaimed = bg->alloc_offset;
 		bg->zone_unusable = bg->length - bg->zone_capacity;
 		bg->alloc_offset = 0;
+		/*
+		 * The zone was just reset to empty, so alloc_offset went back to
+		 * the start of the zone. For metadata/system block groups the
+		 * write pointer must follow it back to the start of the zone;
+		 * otherwise it stays stale at the previous (finished) zone end,
+		 * and metadata written into the reused zone would sit behind the
+		 * write pointer, could never be written out in sequential order,
+		 * and would be stranded (pinning its folio) until unmount.
+		 */
+		if (bg->flags & (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM))
+			bg->meta_write_pointer = bg->start;
 		/*
 		 * This holds because we currently reset fully used then freed
 		 * block group.