diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 31478fef6032..d3bcc4197f5d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ static int dmz_submit_bio(struct dmz_target *dmz, struct dm_zone *zone,
 
 	refcount_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;