diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.h b/drivers/block/null_blk.h
index 62b660821dbc..2874463f1d42 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.h
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.h
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ struct nullb {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
-int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev);
-void null_zone_exit(struct nullb_device *dev);
+int null_init_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev, struct request_queue *q);
+int null_register_zoned_dev(struct nullb *nullb);
+void null_free_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev);
 int null_report_zones(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector,
 		      unsigned int nr_zones, report_zones_cb cb, void *data);
 blk_status_t null_handle_zoned(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
@@ -96,12 +97,17 @@ blk_status_t null_handle_zoned(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
 size_t null_zone_valid_read_len(struct nullb *nullb,
 				sector_t sector, unsigned int len);
 #else
-static inline int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev)
+static inline int null_init_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev,
+				      struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	pr_err("CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED not enabled\n");
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-static inline void null_zone_exit(struct nullb_device *dev) {}
+static inline int null_register_zoned_dev(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+static inline void null_free_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev) {}
 static inline blk_status_t null_handle_zoned(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
 					     enum req_opf op, sector_t sector,
 					     sector_t nr_sectors)
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
index e9d66cc0d6b9..3e45e3640c12 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk_main.c
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ static void null_free_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 	if (!dev)
 		return;
 
-	null_zone_exit(dev);
+	null_free_zoned_dev(dev);
 	badblocks_exit(&dev->badblocks);
 	kfree(dev);
 }
@@ -1605,19 +1605,11 @@ static int null_gendisk_register(struct nullb *nullb)
 	disk->queue		= nullb->q;
 	strncpy(disk->disk_name, nullb->disk_name, DISK_NAME_LEN);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 	if (nullb->dev->zoned) {
-		if (queue_is_mq(nullb->q)) {
-			int ret = blk_revalidate_disk_zones(disk);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			blk_queue_chunk_sectors(nullb->q,
-					nullb->dev->zone_size_sects);
-			nullb->q->nr_zones = blkdev_nr_zones(disk);
-		}
+		int ret = null_register_zoned_dev(nullb);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
-#endif
 
 	add_disk(disk);
 	return 0;
@@ -1795,14 +1787,9 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	if (dev->zoned) {
-		rv = null_zone_init(dev);
+		rv = null_init_zoned_dev(dev, nullb->q);
 		if (rv)
 			goto out_cleanup_blk_queue;
-
-		nullb->q->limits.zoned = BLK_ZONED_HM;
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ZONE_RESETALL, nullb->q);
-		blk_queue_required_elevator_features(nullb->q,
-						ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE);
 	}
 
 	nullb->q->queuedata = nullb;
@@ -1831,8 +1818,7 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 
 	return 0;
 out_cleanup_zone:
-	if (dev->zoned)
-		null_zone_exit(dev);
+	null_free_zoned_dev(dev);
 out_cleanup_blk_queue:
 	blk_cleanup_queue(nullb->q);
 out_cleanup_tags:
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk_zoned.c b/drivers/block/null_blk_zoned.c
index ed34785dd64b..8259f3212a28 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk_zoned.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk_zoned.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ static inline unsigned int null_zone_no(struct nullb_device *dev, sector_t sect)
 	return sect >> ilog2(dev->zone_size_sects);
 }
 
-int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev)
+int null_init_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev, struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	sector_t dev_size = (sector_t)dev->size * 1024 * 1024;
 	sector_t sector = 0;
@@ -58,10 +58,27 @@ int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev)
 		sector += dev->zone_size_sects;
 	}
 
+	q->limits.zoned = BLK_ZONED_HM;
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_ZONE_RESETALL, q);
+	blk_queue_required_elevator_features(q, ELEVATOR_F_ZBD_SEQ_WRITE);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int null_register_zoned_dev(struct nullb *nullb)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = nullb->q;
+
+	if (queue_is_mq(q))
+		return blk_revalidate_disk_zones(nullb->disk);
+
+	blk_queue_chunk_sectors(q, nullb->dev->zone_size_sects);
+	q->nr_zones = blkdev_nr_zones(nullb->disk);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void null_zone_exit(struct nullb_device *dev)
+void null_free_zoned_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 {
 	kvfree(dev->zones);
 }
