diff --git a/kernel-shared/disk-io.c b/kernel-shared/disk-io.c
index 5ad4e6cc..3b3c4523 100644
--- a/kernel-shared/disk-io.c
+++ b/kernel-shared/disk-io.c
@@ -1382,6 +1382,9 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info *open_ctree_fs_info(struct open_ctree_flags *ocf)
 	if (!(ocf->flags & OPEN_CTREE_WRITES))
 		oflags = O_RDONLY;
 
+	if ((oflags & O_RDWR) && zoned_model(ocf->filename) == ZONED_HOST_MANAGED)
+		oflags |= O_DIRECT;
+
 	fp = open(ocf->filename, oflags);
 	if (fp < 0) {
 		error("cannot open '%s': %m", ocf->filename);
diff --git a/kernel-shared/volumes.c b/kernel-shared/volumes.c
index 2ef2a861..d8f923c8 100644
--- a/kernel-shared/volumes.c
+++ b/kernel-shared/volumes.c
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if ((flags & O_RDWR) && zoned_model(device->name) == ZONED_HOST_MANAGED)
+			flags |= O_DIRECT;
+
 		fd = open(device->name, flags);
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			ret = -errno;
diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
index 314d608a..11a0989b 100644
--- a/mkfs/main.c
+++ b/mkfs/main.c
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	bool ssd = false;
 	bool zoned = false;
 	bool force_overwrite = false;
+	int oflags;
 	char *source_dir = NULL;
 	bool source_dir_set = false;
 	bool shrink_rootdir = false;
@@ -1305,12 +1306,16 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	dev_cnt--;
 
+	oflags = O_RDWR;
+	if (zoned && zoned_model(file) == ZONED_HOST_MANAGED)
+		oflags |= O_DIRECT;
+
 	/*
 	 * Open without O_EXCL so that the problem should not occur by the
 	 * following operation in kernel:
 	 * (btrfs_register_one_device() fails if O_EXCL is on)
 	 */
-	fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
+	fd = open(file, oflags);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		error("unable to open %s: %m", file);
 		goto error;