diff --git a/common/device-utils.c b/common/device-utils.c
index 7fa9386f4677..2689f157aeea 100644
--- a/common/device-utils.c
+++ b/common/device-utils.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "common/internal.h"
 #include "common/messages.h"
 #include "common/utils.h"
+#include "common/hmzoned.h"
 
 #ifndef BLKDISCARD
 #define BLKDISCARD	_IO(0x12,119)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ static int discard_range(int fd, u64 start, u64 len)
 /*
  * Discard blocks in the given range in 1G chunks, the process is interruptible
  */
-static int discard_blocks(int fd, u64 start, u64 len)
+int discard_blocks(int fd, u64 start, u64 len)
 {
 	while (len > 0) {
 		/* 1G granularity */
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ out:
 int btrfs_prepare_device(int fd, const char *file, u64 *block_count_ret,
 		u64 max_block_count, unsigned opflags)
 {
+	struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo = NULL;
 	u64 block_count;
 	struct stat st;
 	int i, ret;
@@ -173,7 +175,30 @@ int btrfs_prepare_device(int fd, const char *file, u64 *block_count_ret,
 	if (max_block_count)
 		block_count = min(block_count, max_block_count);
 
-	if (opflags & PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD) {
+	ret = btrfs_get_zone_info(fd, file, opflags & PREP_DEVICE_HMZONED,
+				  &zinfo);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (opflags & PREP_DEVICE_HMZONED) {
+		if (!zinfo) {
+			error("unable to load zone information of %s", file);
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (opflags & PREP_DEVICE_VERBOSE)
+			printf("Resetting device zones %s (%u zones) ...\n",
+			       file, zinfo->nr_zones);
+		/*
+		 * We cannot ignore zone discard (reset) errors for a zoned
+		 * block device as this could result in the inability to
+		 * write to non-empty sequential zones of the device.
+		 */
+		if (btrfs_discard_all_zones(fd, zinfo)) {
+			error("failed to reset device '%s' zones", file);
+			kfree(zinfo);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	} else if (opflags & PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD) {
 		/*
 		 * We intentionally ignore errors from the discard ioctl.  It
 		 * is not necessary for the mkfs functionality but just an
@@ -198,6 +223,7 @@ int btrfs_prepare_device(int fd, const char *file, u64 *block_count_ret,
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		errno = -ret;
 		error("failed to zero device '%s': %m", file);
+		kfree(zinfo);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -207,6 +233,8 @@ int btrfs_prepare_device(int fd, const char *file, u64 *block_count_ret,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	kfree(zinfo);
+
 	*block_count_ret = block_count;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/common/device-utils.h b/common/device-utils.h
index d1799323d002..885a46937e0d 100644
--- a/common/device-utils.h
+++ b/common/device-utils.h
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #define	PREP_DEVICE_ZERO_END	(1U << 0)
 #define	PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD	(1U << 1)
 #define	PREP_DEVICE_VERBOSE	(1U << 2)
+#define	PREP_DEVICE_HMZONED	(1U << 3)
 
+int discard_blocks(int fd, u64 start, u64 len);
 u64 get_partition_size(const char *dev);
 u64 disk_size(const char *path);
 u64 btrfs_device_size(int fd, struct stat *st);
diff --git a/common/hmzoned.c b/common/hmzoned.c
index e11e56210709..5803b2c17a2b 100644
--- a/common/hmzoned.c
+++ b/common/hmzoned.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "common/utils.h"
 #include "common/device-utils.h"
@@ -151,6 +152,34 @@ static int report_zones(int fd, const char *file, u64 block_count,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Discard blocks in the zones of a zoned block device. Process this
+ * with zone size granularity so that blocks in conventional zones are
+ * discarded using discard_range and blocks in sequential zones are
+ * discarded though a zone reset.
+ */
+int btrfs_discard_all_zones(int fd, struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	ASSERT(zinfo);
+
+	/* Zone size granularity */
+	for (i = 0; i < zinfo->nr_zones; i++) {
+		if (zinfo->zones[i].type == BLK_ZONE_TYPE_CONVENTIONAL) {
+			discard_blocks(fd, zinfo->zones[i].start << 9,
+				       zinfo->zone_size);
+		} else if (zinfo->zones[i].cond != BLK_ZONE_COND_EMPTY) {
+			struct blk_zone_range range = {
+				zinfo->zones[i].start,
+				zinfo->zone_size >> 9 };
+			if (ioctl(fd, BLKRESETZONE, &range) < 0)
+				return errno;
+		}
+	}
+	return fsync(fd);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 int btrfs_get_zone_info(int fd, const char *file, bool hmzoned,
diff --git a/common/hmzoned.h b/common/hmzoned.h
index d229b946e5ed..631780537a77 100644
--- a/common/hmzoned.h
+++ b/common/hmzoned.h
@@ -54,12 +54,18 @@ int btrfs_get_zone_info(int fd, const char *file, bool hmzoned,
 
 #ifdef BTRFS_ZONED
 bool zone_is_sequential(struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo, u64 bytenr);
+int btrfs_discard_all_zones(int fd, struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo);
 #else
 static inline bool zone_is_sequential(struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo,
 				      u64 bytenr)
 {
 	return true;
 }
+static inline int btrfs_discard_all_zones(int fd,
+					  struct btrfs_zoned_device_info *zinfo)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
 #endif /* BTRFS_ZONED */
 
 #endif /* __BTRFS_HMZONED_H__ */
