diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
index 6a8513af9201..f01cf8530ae4 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ Maximum number of elements in a DMA scatter/gather list with integrity
 data that will be submitted by the block layer core to the associated
 block driver.
 
+max_open_zones (RO)
+-------------------
+For zoned block devices (zoned attribute indicating "host-managed" or
+"host-aware"), the sum of zones belonging to any of the zone states:
+EXPLICIT OPEN or IMPLICIT OPEN, is limited by this value.
+If this value is 0, there is no limit.
+
 max_sectors_kb (RW)
 -------------------
 This is the maximum number of kilobytes that the block layer will allow
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 02643e149d5e..fa42961e9678 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ static ssize_t queue_nr_zones_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 	return queue_var_show(blk_queue_nr_zones(q), page);
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_max_open_zones_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(queue_max_open_zones(q), page);
+}
+
 static ssize_t queue_nomerges_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
 	return queue_var_show((blk_queue_nomerges(q) << 1) |
@@ -667,6 +672,11 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nr_zones_entry = {
 	.show = queue_nr_zones_show,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_max_open_zones_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "max_open_zones", .mode = 0444 },
+	.show = queue_max_open_zones_show,
+};
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nomerges_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "nomerges", .mode = 0644 },
 	.show = queue_nomerges_show,
@@ -765,6 +775,7 @@ static struct attribute *queue_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_nonrot_entry.attr,
 	&queue_zoned_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nr_zones_entry.attr,
+	&queue_max_open_zones_entry.attr,
 	&queue_nomerges_entry.attr,
 	&queue_rq_affinity_entry.attr,
 	&queue_iostats_entry.attr,
@@ -792,6 +803,10 @@ static umode_t queue_attr_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 		(!q->mq_ops || !q->mq_ops->timeout))
 			return 0;
 
+	if (attr == &queue_max_open_zones_entry.attr &&
+	    !blk_queue_is_zoned(q))
+		return 0;
+
 	return attr->mode;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
index 04e5b991c00c..3d80b9cf6bfc 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ int nvme_update_zone_info(struct gendisk *disk, struct nvme_ns *ns,
 
 	q->limits.zoned = BLK_ZONED_HM;
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ZONE_RESETALL, q);
+	blk_queue_max_open_zones(q, le32_to_cpu(id->mor) + 1);
 free_data:
 	kfree(id);
 	return status;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
index 183a20720da9..aa3564139b40 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
@@ -717,6 +717,10 @@ int sd_zbc_read_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buf)
 	/* The drive satisfies the kernel restrictions: set it up */
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ZONE_RESETALL, q);
 	blk_queue_required_elevator_features(q, ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE);
+	if (sdkp->zones_max_open == U32_MAX)
+		blk_queue_max_open_zones(q, 0);
+	else
+		blk_queue_max_open_zones(q, sdkp->zones_max_open);
 	nr_zones = round_up(sdkp->capacity, zone_blocks) >> ilog2(zone_blocks);
 
 	/* READ16/WRITE16 is mandatory for ZBC disks */
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 8fd900998b4e..fe168abcfdda 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 	unsigned int		nr_zones;
 	unsigned long		*conv_zones_bitmap;
 	unsigned long		*seq_zones_wlock;
+	unsigned int		max_open_zones;
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
 
 	/*
@@ -729,6 +730,17 @@ static inline bool blk_queue_zone_is_seq(struct request_queue *q,
 		return true;
 	return !test_bit(blk_queue_zone_no(q, sector), q->conv_zones_bitmap);
 }
+
+static inline void blk_queue_max_open_zones(struct request_queue *q,
+		unsigned int max_open_zones)
+{
+	q->max_open_zones = max_open_zones;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int queue_max_open_zones(const struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return q->max_open_zones;
+}
 #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
 static inline unsigned int blk_queue_nr_zones(struct request_queue *q)
 {
@@ -744,6 +756,10 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_queue_zone_no(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline unsigned int queue_max_open_zones(const struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
 
 static inline bool rq_is_sync(struct request *rq)
