diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_band.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_band.c
index f8468dc1f..86e15f24b 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_band.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_band.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ ftl_band_tail_md_addr(struct ftl_band *band)
 
 	addr.offset = (num_req / band->num_zones) * xfer_size;
 	addr.zone_id = band->id;
-	addr.pu = zone->punit->start_addr.pu;
+	addr.pu = zone->start_addr.pu;
 
 	return addr;
 }
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ ftl_band_tail_md_addr(struct ftl_band *band)
 struct ftl_addr
 ftl_band_head_md_addr(struct ftl_band *band)
 {
-	struct ftl_addr addr;
+	struct ftl_addr addr = {};
 
 	if (spdk_unlikely(!band->num_zones)) {
 		return ftl_to_addr(FTL_ADDR_INVALID);
 	}
 
-	addr = CIRCLEQ_FIRST(&band->zones)->punit->start_addr;
+	addr.pu = CIRCLEQ_FIRST(&band->zones)->start_addr.pu;
 	addr.zone_id = band->id;
 
 	return addr;
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_band.h b/lib/ftl/ftl_band.h
index 8edce2dbf..ac09e45ad 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_band.h
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_band.h
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ struct ftl_zone {
 	/* First logical block of a zone */
 	struct ftl_addr				start_addr;
 
-	/* Pointer to parallel unit */
-	struct ftl_punit			*punit;
-
 	/* Position in band's zone_buf */
 	uint32_t				pos;
 
diff --git a/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c b/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
index 59f443573..cd9cd6823 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/ftl_init.c
@@ -337,8 +337,7 @@ ftl_dev_init_bands(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev)
 			zone = &band->zone_buf[i];
 			zone->pos = i;
 			zone->state = ftl_get_zone_state(&info[j]);
-			zone->punit = punit;
-			zone->start_addr = punit->start_addr;
+			zone->start_addr.pu = i;
 			zone->start_addr.zone_id = band->id;
 			zone->write_offset = ftl_dev_lbks_in_zone(dev);
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/ftl/common/utils.c b/test/unit/lib/ftl/common/utils.c
index 52f36975b..aa2de32a3 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/ftl/common/utils.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/ftl/common/utils.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ test_init_ftl_band(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, size_t id)
 		zone = &band->zone_buf[i];
 		zone->pos = i;
 		zone->state = SPDK_BDEV_ZONE_STATE_CLOSED;
-		zone->punit = &dev->punits[i];
 		zone->start_addr = dev->punits[i].start_addr;
 		zone->start_addr.zone_id = band->id;
 		CIRCLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&band->zones, zone, circleq);