BdrvRequestFlags flags;
 } BlkRwCo;
 
-int blk_pwrite_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
-                      int64_t bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
-{
-    IO_OR_GS_CODE();
-    return blk_pwritev_part(blk, offset, bytes, NULL, 0,
-                            flags | BDRV_REQ_ZERO_WRITE);
-}
-
 int blk_make_zero(BlockBackend *blk, BdrvRequestFlags flags)
 {
     GLOBAL_STATE_CODE();
 
 int coroutine_fn blk_co_pwrite_compressed(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
                                           int64_t bytes, const void *buf);
 int blk_pdiscard(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes);
-int blk_pwrite_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
-                      int64_t bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
+int generated_co_wrapper blk_pwrite_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
+                                           int64_t bytes,
+                                           BdrvRequestFlags flags);
 int coroutine_fn blk_co_pwrite_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset,
                                       int64_t bytes, BdrvRequestFlags flags);
 int blk_truncate(BlockBackend *blk, int64_t offset, bool exact,
 
     g_assert_cmpint(ret, ==, -EIO);
 }
 
+static void test_sync_op_blk_pwrite_zeroes(BlockBackend *blk)
+{
+    int ret;
+
+    /* Success */
+    ret = blk_pwrite_zeroes(blk, 0, 512, 0);
+    g_assert_cmpint(ret, ==, 0);
+
+    /* Early error: Negative offset */
+    ret = blk_pwrite_zeroes(blk, -2, 512, 0);
+    g_assert_cmpint(ret, ==, -EIO);
+}
+
 static void test_sync_op_load_vmstate(BdrvChild *c)
 {
     uint8_t buf[512];
         .name   = "/sync-op/pwrite_compressed",
         .fn     = NULL,
         .blkfn  = test_sync_op_blk_pwrite_compressed,
+    }, {
+        .name   = "/sync-op/pwrite_zeroes",
+        .fn     = NULL,
+        .blkfn  = test_sync_op_blk_pwrite_zeroes,
     }, {
         .name   = "/sync-op/load_vmstate",
         .fn     = test_sync_op_load_vmstate,