diff --git a/block/blk-zoned.c b/block/blk-zoned.c
index bea817f3de56..930cbf0abc84 100644
--- a/block/blk-zoned.c
+++ b/block/blk-zoned.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_handle_write(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 
 	if (!blk_zone_wplug_prepare_bio(zwplug, bio)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zwplug->lock, flags);
+		disk_put_zone_wplug(zwplug);
 		bio_io_error(bio);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -1511,6 +1512,7 @@ static bool blk_zone_wplug_handle_write(struct bio *bio, unsigned int nr_segs)
 	zwplug->flags |= BLK_ZONE_WPLUG_PLUGGED;
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zwplug->lock, flags);
+	disk_put_zone_wplug(zwplug);
 
 	return false;