diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 2f6d2cb2e1a21488c597eb111e28a9b07a52a3a0..2f882e22890b52de7f68d60d7e4bdc21355f03eb 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ static int __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(struct block_device *bdev,
  *
  *  If a device is using logical block provisioning, the underlying space will
  *  not be released if %flags contains BLKDEV_ZERO_NOUNMAP.
+ *
+ *  If %flags contains BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK, the function will return
+ *  -EOPNOTSUPP if no explicit hardware offload for zeroing is provided.
  */
 int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, struct bio **biop,
@@ -298,7 +301,7 @@ int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
 	ret = __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask,
 			biop, flags);
-	if (ret == 0 || (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP))
+	if (ret != -EOPNOTSUPP || (flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index bd60f4401c9d3ff34cf031117b5caa6a64f33a36..21a30f011674625b2f91e136c665024bc0990388 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1350,6 +1350,7 @@ extern int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		struct bio **biop);
 
 #define BLKDEV_ZERO_NOUNMAP	(1 << 0)  /* do not free blocks */
+#define BLKDEV_ZERO_NOFALLBACK	(1 << 1)  /* don't write explicit zeroes */
 
 extern int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask, struct bio **biop,