char disk_name[DISK_NAME_LEN];
 };
 
+blk_status_t null_process_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
+                             enum req_opf op, sector_t sector,
+                             unsigned int nr_sectors);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 int null_zone_init(struct nullb_device *dev);
 void null_zone_exit(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,
-                               enum req_opf op, sector_t sector,
-                               sector_t nr_sectors);
+blk_status_t null_process_zoned_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
+                                   enum req_opf op, sector_t sector,
+                                   sector_t nr_sectors);
 size_t null_zone_valid_read_len(struct nullb *nullb,
                                sector_t sector, unsigned int len);
 #else
        return -EINVAL;
 }
 static inline void null_zone_exit(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)
+static inline blk_status_t null_process_zoned_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
+                       enum req_opf op, sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sectors)
 {
        return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
 }
 
        }
 }
 
+blk_status_t null_process_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd,
+                             enum req_opf op, sector_t sector,
+                             unsigned int nr_sectors)
+{
+       struct nullb_device *dev = cmd->nq->dev;
+       blk_status_t ret;
+
+       if (dev->badblocks.shift != -1) {
+               ret = null_handle_badblocks(cmd, sector, nr_sectors);
+               if (ret != BLK_STS_OK)
+                       return ret;
+       }
+
+       if (dev->memory_backed)
+               return null_handle_memory_backed(cmd, op);
+
+       return BLK_STS_OK;
+}
+
 static blk_status_t null_handle_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd, sector_t sector,
                                    sector_t nr_sectors, enum req_opf op)
 {
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (nullb->dev->badblocks.shift != -1) {
-               cmd->error = null_handle_badblocks(cmd, sector, nr_sectors);
-               if (cmd->error != BLK_STS_OK)
-                       goto out;
-       }
-
-       if (dev->memory_backed)
-               cmd->error = null_handle_memory_backed(cmd, op);
-
-       if (!cmd->error && dev->zoned)
-               cmd->error = null_handle_zoned(cmd, op, sector, nr_sectors);
+       if (dev->zoned)
+               cmd->error = null_process_zoned_cmd(cmd, op,
+                                                   sector, nr_sectors);
+       else
+               cmd->error = null_process_cmd(cmd, op, sector, nr_sectors);
 
 out:
        nullb_complete_cmd(cmd);
 
        struct nullb_device *dev = cmd->nq->dev;
        unsigned int zno = null_zone_no(dev, sector);
        struct blk_zone *zone = &dev->zones[zno];
+       blk_status_t ret;
+
+       trace_nullb_zone_op(cmd, zno, zone->cond);
+
+       if (zone->type == BLK_ZONE_TYPE_CONVENTIONAL)
+               return null_process_cmd(cmd, REQ_OP_WRITE, sector, nr_sectors);
 
        switch (zone->cond) {
        case BLK_ZONE_COND_FULL:
                /* Cannot write to a full zone */
-               cmd->error = BLK_STS_IOERR;
                return BLK_STS_IOERR;
        case BLK_ZONE_COND_EMPTY:
        case BLK_ZONE_COND_IMP_OPEN:
                if (zone->cond != BLK_ZONE_COND_EXP_OPEN)
                        zone->cond = BLK_ZONE_COND_IMP_OPEN;
 
+               ret = null_process_cmd(cmd, REQ_OP_WRITE, sector, nr_sectors);
+               if (ret != BLK_STS_OK)
+                       return ret;
+
                zone->wp += nr_sectors;
                if (zone->wp == zone->start + zone->len)
                        zone->cond = BLK_ZONE_COND_FULL;
-               break;
-       case BLK_ZONE_COND_NOT_WP:
-               break;
+               return BLK_STS_OK;
        default:
                /* Invalid zone condition */
                return BLK_STS_IOERR;
        }
-
-       trace_nullb_zone_op(cmd, zno, zone->cond);
-       return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
 static blk_status_t null_zone_mgmt(struct nullb_cmd *cmd, enum req_opf op,
        return BLK_STS_OK;
 }
 
-blk_status_t null_handle_zoned(struct nullb_cmd *cmd, enum req_opf op,
-                              sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sectors)
+blk_status_t null_process_zoned_cmd(struct nullb_cmd *cmd, enum req_opf op,
+                                   sector_t sector, sector_t nr_sectors)
 {
        switch (op) {
        case REQ_OP_WRITE:
        case REQ_OP_ZONE_FINISH:
                return null_zone_mgmt(cmd, op, sector);
        default:
-               return BLK_STS_OK;
+               return null_process_cmd(cmd, op, sector, nr_sectors);
        }
 }