diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
index db0dc2b5d44d..4a2e351365c5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-metadata.c
@@ -2111,14 +2111,6 @@ again:
 		 */
 		if (!(flags & DMZ_ALLOC_RECLAIM))
 			return NULL;
-		/*
-		 * Use sequential write zones if we started off with random
-		 * zones and the list is empty
-		 */
-		if (list == &zmd->unmap_rnd_list) {
-			list = &zmd->unmap_seq_list;
-			goto again;
-		}
 		/*
 		 * Fallback to the reserved sequential zones
 		 */