diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 06286b6aeaec56..16503e22691eda 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3410,10 +3410,6 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
 	sdkp->first_scan = 1;
 	sdkp->max_medium_access_timeouts = SD_MAX_MEDIUM_TIMEOUTS;
 
-	error = sd_zbc_init_disk(sdkp);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_free_index;
-
 	sd_revalidate_disk(gd);
 
 	gd->flags = GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
index 7251434100e63f..a3aad608bc3837 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ static inline int sd_is_zoned(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED
 
-int sd_zbc_init_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp);
 void sd_zbc_release_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp);
 int sd_zbc_read_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer);
 int sd_zbc_revalidate_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp);
@@ -231,11 +230,6 @@ blk_status_t sd_zbc_prepare_zone_append(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, sector_t *lba,
 
 #else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED */
 
-static inline int sd_zbc_init_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void sd_zbc_release_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp) {}
 
 static inline int sd_zbc_read_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
index a739456dea02f8..cf07b7f9357906 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c
@@ -651,6 +651,28 @@ static void sd_zbc_print_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 			  sdkp->zone_blocks);
 }
 
+static int sd_zbc_init_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
+{
+	sdkp->zones_wp_offset = NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&sdkp->zones_wp_offset_lock);
+	sdkp->rev_wp_offset = NULL;
+	mutex_init(&sdkp->rev_mutex);
+	INIT_WORK(&sdkp->zone_wp_offset_work, sd_zbc_update_wp_offset_workfn);
+	sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf = kzalloc(SD_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void sd_zbc_release_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
+{
+	kvfree(sdkp->zones_wp_offset);
+	sdkp->zones_wp_offset = NULL;
+	kfree(sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf);
+	sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf = NULL;
+}
+
 static void sd_zbc_revalidate_zones_cb(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct scsi_disk *sdkp = scsi_disk(disk);
@@ -667,6 +689,19 @@ int sd_zbc_revalidate_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 	u32 max_append;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * For all zoned disks, initialize zone append emulation data if not
+	 * already done. This is necessary also for host-aware disks used as
+	 * regular disks due to the presence of partitions as these partitions
+	 * may be deleted and the disk zoned model changed back from
+	 * BLK_ZONED_NONE to BLK_ZONED_HA.
+	 */
+	if (sd_is_zoned(sdkp) && !sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf) {
+		ret = sd_zbc_init_disk(sdkp);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * There is nothing to do for regular disks, including host-aware disks
 	 * that have partitions.
@@ -768,28 +803,3 @@ int sd_zbc_read_zones(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buf)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-int sd_zbc_init_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
-{
-	if (!sd_is_zoned(sdkp))
-		return 0;
-
-	sdkp->zones_wp_offset = NULL;
-	spin_lock_init(&sdkp->zones_wp_offset_lock);
-	sdkp->rev_wp_offset = NULL;
-	mutex_init(&sdkp->rev_mutex);
-	INIT_WORK(&sdkp->zone_wp_offset_work, sd_zbc_update_wp_offset_workfn);
-	sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf = kzalloc(SD_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void sd_zbc_release_disk(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
-{
-	kvfree(sdkp->zones_wp_offset);
-	sdkp->zones_wp_offset = NULL;
-	kfree(sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf);
-	sdkp->zone_wp_update_buf = NULL;
-}