nvme_config_discard(disk, ns);
        nvme_config_write_zeroes(disk, ns);
 
-       if (id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO)
+       if ((id->nsattr & NVME_NS_ATTR_RO) ||
+           test_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags))
                set_disk_ro(disk, true);
 }
 
 
 #define NVME_NS_REMOVING       0
 #define NVME_NS_DEAD           1
 #define NVME_NS_ANA_PENDING    2
+#define NVME_NS_FORCE_RO       3
 
        struct nvme_fault_inject fault_inject;
 
 
        int status;
 
        /* Driver requires zone append support */
-       if (!(le32_to_cpu(log->iocs[nvme_cmd_zone_append]) &
+       if ((le32_to_cpu(log->iocs[nvme_cmd_zone_append]) &
                        NVME_CMD_EFFECTS_CSUPP)) {
+               if (test_and_clear_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags))
+                       dev_warn(ns->ctrl->device,
+                                "Zone Append supported for zoned namespace:%d. Remove read-only mode\n",
+                                ns->head->ns_id);
+       } else {
+               set_bit(NVME_NS_FORCE_RO, &ns->flags);
                dev_warn(ns->ctrl->device,
-                       "append not supported for zoned namespace:%d\n",
-                       ns->head->ns_id);
-               return -EINVAL;
+                        "Zone Append not supported for zoned namespace:%d. Forcing to read-only mode\n",
+                        ns->head->ns_id);
        }
 
        /* Lazily query controller append limit for the first zoned namespace */