diff --git a/fs/zonefs/super.c b/fs/zonefs/super.c
index 75d8dab..e20e7c8 100644
--- a/fs/zonefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/zonefs/super.c
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ static inline int zonefs_zone_mgmt(struct inode *inode,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&zi->i_truncate_mutex);
 
+	/*
+	 * With ZNS drives, closing an explicitly open zone that has not been
+	 * written will change the zone state to "closed", that is, the zone
+	 * will remain active. Since this can then cause failure of explicit
+	 * open operation on other zones if the drive active zone resources
+	 * are exceeded, make sure that the zone does not remain active by
+	 * resetting it.
+	 */
+	if (op == REQ_OP_ZONE_CLOSE && !zi->i_wpoffset)
+		op = REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET;
+
 	trace_zonefs_zone_mgmt(inode, op);
 	ret = blkdev_zone_mgmt(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, op, zi->i_zsector,
 			       zi->i_zone_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT, GFP_NOFS);
@@ -1294,12 +1305,13 @@ static void zonefs_init_dir_inode(struct inode *parent, struct inode *inode,
 	inc_nlink(parent);
 }
 
-static void zonefs_init_file_inode(struct inode *inode, struct blk_zone *zone,
-				   enum zonefs_ztype type)
+static int zonefs_init_file_inode(struct inode *inode, struct blk_zone *zone,
+				  enum zonefs_ztype type)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct zonefs_sb_info *sbi = ZONEFS_SB(sb);
 	struct zonefs_inode_info *zi = ZONEFS_I(inode);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	inode->i_ino = zone->start >> sbi->s_zone_sectors_shift;
 	inode->i_mode = S_IFREG | sbi->s_perm;
@@ -1324,6 +1336,22 @@ static void zonefs_init_file_inode(struct inode *inode, struct blk_zone *zone,
 	sb->s_maxbytes = max(zi->i_max_size, sb->s_maxbytes);
 	sbi->s_blocks += zi->i_max_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 	sbi->s_used_blocks += zi->i_wpoffset >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+
+	/*
+	 * For sequential zones, make sure that any open zone is closed first
+	 * to ensure that the initial number of open zones is 0, in sync with
+	 * the open zone accounting done when the mount option
+	 * ZONEFS_MNTOPT_EXPLICIT_OPEN is used.
+	 */
+	if (type == ZONEFS_ZTYPE_SEQ &&
+	    (zone->cond == BLK_ZONE_COND_IMP_OPEN ||
+	     zone->cond == BLK_ZONE_COND_EXP_OPEN)) {
+		mutex_lock(&zi->i_truncate_mutex);
+		ret = zonefs_zone_mgmt(inode, REQ_OP_ZONE_CLOSE);
+		mutex_unlock(&zi->i_truncate_mutex);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static struct dentry *zonefs_create_inode(struct dentry *parent,
@@ -1333,6 +1361,7 @@ static struct dentry *zonefs_create_inode(struct dentry *parent,
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(parent);
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct inode *inode;
+	int ret;
 
 	dentry = d_alloc_name(parent, name);
 	if (!dentry)
@@ -1343,10 +1372,16 @@ static struct dentry *zonefs_create_inode(struct dentry *parent,
 		goto dput;
 
 	inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = dir->i_ctime;
-	if (zone)
-		zonefs_init_file_inode(inode, zone, type);
-	else
+	if (zone) {
+		ret = zonefs_init_file_inode(inode, zone, type);
+		if (ret) {
+			iput(inode);
+			goto dput;
+		}
+	} else {
 		zonefs_init_dir_inode(dir, inode, type);
+	}
+
 	d_add(dentry, inode);
 	dir->i_size++;