diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index 05741c6f618be9..6b442ae96499a7 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int blkdev_zone_mgmt(struct block_device *bdev, enum req_opf op,
 	if (!op_is_zone_mgmt(op))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	if (!nr_sectors || end_sector > capacity)
+	if (end_sector <= sector || end_sector > capacity)
 		/* Out of range */
 		return -EINVAL;