diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index 4f3bbba5815ee2c4c18da9da8dcbad6f8529175a..c7243d392ca8e9fe6c2d636481dcff14569c6b3c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -1204,6 +1204,13 @@ int btrfs_load_block_group_zone_info(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, bool new)
 
 	switch (map->type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_PROFILE_MASK) {
 	case 0: /* single */
+		if (alloc_offsets[0] == WP_MISSING_DEV) {
+			btrfs_err(fs_info,
+			"zoned: cannot recover write pointer for zone %llu",
+				physical);
+			ret = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		cache->alloc_offset = alloc_offsets[0];
 		break;
 	case BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DUP:
@@ -1221,6 +1228,13 @@ int btrfs_load_block_group_zone_info(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, bool new)
 	}
 
 out:
+	if (cache->alloc_offset > fs_info->zone_size) {
+		btrfs_err(fs_info,
+			"zoned: invalid write pointer %llu in block group %llu",
+			cache->alloc_offset, cache->start);
+		ret = -EIO;
+	}
+
 	/* An extent is allocated after the write pointer */
 	if (!ret && num_conventional && last_alloc > cache->alloc_offset) {
 		btrfs_err(fs_info,