diff --git a/include/block/block_int-common.h b/include/block/block_int-common.h
index f01bb8b617..06dd89031f 100644
--- a/include/block/block_int-common.h
+++ b/include/block/block_int-common.h
@@ -861,6 +861,9 @@ typedef struct BlockLimits {
      * an explicit monitor command to load the disk inside the guest).
      */
     bool has_variable_length;
+
+    /* device zone model */
+    BlockZoneModel zoned;
 } BlockLimits;
 
 typedef struct BdrvOpBlocker BdrvOpBlocker;
diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index c2dee3f056..2697cb6699 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1202,15 +1202,93 @@ static int hdev_get_max_hw_transfer(int fd, struct stat *st)
 #endif
 }
 
-static int hdev_get_max_segments(int fd, struct stat *st)
+/*
+ * Get a sysfs attribute value as character string.
+ */
+static int get_sysfs_str_val(struct stat *st, const char *attribute,
+                             char **val) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
+    g_autofree char *sysfspath = NULL;
+    int ret;
+    size_t len;
+
+    if (!S_ISBLK(st->st_mode)) {
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+
+    sysfspath = g_strdup_printf("/sys/dev/block/%u:%u/queue/%s",
+                                major(st->st_rdev), minor(st->st_rdev),
+                                attribute);
+    ret = g_file_get_contents(sysfspath, val, &len, NULL);
+    if (ret == -1) {
+        return -ENOENT;
+    }
+
+    /* The file is ended with '\n' */
+    char *p;
+    p = *val;
+    if (*(p + len - 1) == '\n') {
+        *(p + len - 1) = '\0';
+    }
+    return ret;
+#else
+    return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+
+static int get_sysfs_zoned_model(struct stat *st, BlockZoneModel *zoned)
+{
+    g_autofree char *val = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = get_sysfs_str_val(st, "zoned", &val);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    if (strcmp(val, "host-managed") == 0) {
+        *zoned = BLK_Z_HM;
+    } else if (strcmp(val, "host-aware") == 0) {
+        *zoned = BLK_Z_HA;
+    } else if (strcmp(val, "none") == 0) {
+        *zoned = BLK_Z_NONE;
+    } else {
+        return -ENOTSUP;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get a sysfs attribute value as a long integer.
+ */
+static long get_sysfs_long_val(struct stat *st, const char *attribute)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
-    char buf[32];
+    g_autofree char *str = NULL;
     const char *end;
-    char *sysfspath = NULL;
+    long val;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = get_sysfs_str_val(st, attribute, &str);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    /* The file is ended with '\n', pass 'end' to accept that. */
+    ret = qemu_strtol(str, &end, 10, &val);
+    if (ret == 0 && end && *end == '\0') {
+        ret = val;
+    }
+    return ret;
+#else
+    return -ENOTSUP;
+#endif
+}
+
+static int hdev_get_max_segments(int fd, struct stat *st)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
     int ret;
-    int sysfd = -1;
-    long max_segments;
 
     if (S_ISCHR(st->st_mode)) {
         if (ioctl(fd, SG_GET_SG_TABLESIZE, &ret) == 0) {
@@ -1218,39 +1296,7 @@ static int hdev_get_max_segments(int fd, struct stat *st)
         }
         return -ENOTSUP;
     }
-
-    if (!S_ISBLK(st->st_mode)) {
-        return -ENOTSUP;
-    }
-
-    sysfspath = g_strdup_printf("/sys/dev/block/%u:%u/queue/max_segments",
-                                major(st->st_rdev), minor(st->st_rdev));
-    sysfd = open(sysfspath, O_RDONLY);
-    if (sysfd == -1) {
-        ret = -errno;
-        goto out;
-    }
-    ret = RETRY_ON_EINTR(read(sysfd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1));
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        ret = -errno;
-        goto out;
-    } else if (ret == 0) {
-        ret = -EIO;
-        goto out;
-    }
-    buf[ret] = 0;
-    /* The file is ended with '\n', pass 'end' to accept that. */
-    ret = qemu_strtol(buf, &end, 10, &max_segments);
-    if (ret == 0 && end && *end == '\n') {
-        ret = max_segments;
-    }
-
-out:
-    if (sysfd != -1) {
-        close(sysfd);
-    }
-    g_free(sysfspath);
-    return ret;
+    return get_sysfs_long_val(st, "max_segments");
 #else
     return -ENOTSUP;
 #endif
@@ -1260,6 +1306,8 @@ static void raw_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 {
     BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
     struct stat st;
+    int ret;
+    BlockZoneModel zoned;
 
     s->needs_alignment = raw_needs_alignment(bs);
     raw_probe_alignment(bs, s->fd, errp);
@@ -1297,6 +1345,12 @@ static void raw_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
             bs->bl.max_hw_iov = ret;
         }
     }
+
+    ret = get_sysfs_zoned_model(&st, &zoned);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        zoned = BLK_Z_NONE;
+    }
+    bs->bl.zoned = zoned;
 }
 
 static int check_for_dasd(int fd)
