diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-default-key.c b/drivers/md/dm-default-key.c
index 15c963ab907e..40aa171e6e46 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-default-key.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-default-key.c
@@ -217,6 +217,22 @@ static int default_key_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	dkc->start = tmpll;
 
+	if (bdev_is_zoned(dkc->dev->bdev)) {
+		/*
+		 * All zone append writes to a zone of a zoned block device will
+		 * have the same BIO sector, the start of the zone. When the
+		 * cypher IV mode uses sector values, all data targeting a
+		 * zone will be encrypted using the first sector numbers of the
+		 * zone. This will not result in write errors but will
+		 * cause most reads to fail as reads will use the sector values
+		 * for the actual data locations, resulting in IV mismatch.
+		 * To avoid this problem, ask DM core to emulate zone append
+		 * operations with regular writes.
+		 */
+		DMDEBUG("Zone append operations will be emulated");
+		ti->emulate_zone_append = true;
+	}
+
 	/* optional arguments */
 	dkc->sector_size = SECTOR_SIZE;
 	if (argc > 5) {