diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 13a47b37acb7..b90c413c83c4 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ static bool bvec_split_segs(struct queue_limits *lim, const struct bio_vec *bv,
 	return len > 0 || bv->bv_len > max_len;
 }
 
+static unsigned int bio_split_alignment(struct bio *bio,
+		const struct queue_limits *lim)
+{
+	if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)) && lim->zone_write_granularity)
+		return lim->zone_write_granularity;
+	return lim->logical_block_size;
+}
+
 /**
  * bio_split_rw - split a bio in two bios
  * @bio:  [in] bio to be split
@@ -317,7 +325,7 @@ split:
 	 * split size so that each bio is properly block size aligned, even if
 	 * we do not use the full hardware limits.
 	 */
-	bytes = ALIGN_DOWN(bytes, lim->logical_block_size);
+	bytes = ALIGN_DOWN(bytes, bio_split_alignment(bio, lim));
 
 	/*
 	 * Bio splitting may cause subtle trouble such as hang when doing sync