diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 6a60d62a529d..daceb0a5c1d7 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1064,39 +1064,6 @@ int bio_add_pc_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_add_pc_page);
 
-/**
- * bio_add_zone_append_page - attempt to add page to zone-append bio
- * @bio: destination bio
- * @page: page to add
- * @len: vec entry length
- * @offset: vec entry offset
- *
- * Attempt to add a page to the bio_vec maplist of a bio that will be submitted
- * for a zone-append request. This can fail for a number of reasons, such as the
- * bio being full or the target block device is not a zoned block device or
- * other limitations of the target block device. The target block device must
- * allow bio's up to PAGE_SIZE, so it is always possible to add a single page
- * to an empty bio.
- *
- * Returns: number of bytes added to the bio, or 0 in case of a failure.
- */
-int bio_add_zone_append_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
-			     unsigned int len, unsigned int offset)
-{
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev);
-	bool same_page = false;
-
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_op(bio) != REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bdev_is_zoned(bio->bi_bdev)))
-		return 0;
-
-	return bio_add_hw_page(q, bio, page, len, offset,
-			       queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q), &same_page);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_add_zone_append_page);
-
 /**
  * __bio_add_page - add page(s) to a bio in a new segment
  * @bio: destination bio
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
index af9e13be7678..3aef35b05111 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/zns.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ void nvmet_bdev_execute_zone_append(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	u16 status = NVME_SC_SUCCESS;
 	unsigned int total_len = 0;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
+	u32 data_len = nvmet_rw_data_len(req);
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int sg_cnt;
 
@@ -544,6 +545,13 @@ void nvmet_bdev_execute_zone_append(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	if (!nvmet_check_transfer_len(req, nvmet_rw_data_len(req)))
 		return;
 
+	if (data_len >
+	    bdev_max_zone_append_sectors(req->ns->bdev) << SECTOR_SHIFT) {
+		req->error_loc = offsetof(struct nvme_rw_command, length);
+		status = NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (!req->sg_cnt) {
 		nvmet_req_complete(req, 0);
 		return;
@@ -576,20 +584,17 @@ void nvmet_bdev_execute_zone_append(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		bio->bi_opf |= REQ_FUA;
 
 	for_each_sg(req->sg, sg, req->sg_cnt, sg_cnt) {
-		struct page *p = sg_page(sg);
-		unsigned int l = sg->length;
-		unsigned int o = sg->offset;
-		unsigned int ret;
+		unsigned int len = sg->length;
 
-		ret = bio_add_zone_append_page(bio, p, l, o);
-		if (ret != sg->length) {
+		if (bio_add_pc_page(bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev), bio,
+				sg_page(sg), len, sg->offset) != len) {
 			status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL;
 			goto out_put_bio;
 		}
-		total_len += sg->length;
+		total_len += len;
 	}
 
-	if (total_len != nvmet_rw_data_len(req)) {
+	if (total_len != data_len) {
 		status = NVME_SC_INTERNAL | NVME_STATUS_DNR;
 		goto out_put_bio;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index faceadb040f9..4a1bf43ca53d 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ bool __must_check bio_add_folio(struct bio *bio, struct folio *folio,
 				size_t len, size_t off);
 extern int bio_add_pc_page(struct request_queue *, struct bio *, struct page *,
 			   unsigned int, unsigned int);
-int bio_add_zone_append_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
-			     unsigned int len, unsigned int offset);
 void __bio_add_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
 		unsigned int len, unsigned int off);
 void bio_add_folio_nofail(struct bio *bio, struct folio *folio, size_t len,