diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 1030c42add05..3dd668f69405 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ static int dmz_submit_bio(struct dmz_target *dmz, struct dm_zone *zone,
 
 	atomic_inc(&bioctx->ref);
 	generic_make_request(clone);
-	if (clone->bi_status == BLK_STS_IOERR)
-		return -EIO;
 
 	if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE && dmz_is_seq(zone))
 		zone->wp_block += nr_blocks;