diff --git a/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_lvol.rs b/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_lvol.rs
index 18d9a9e8df..7e11ed1a5e 100644
--- a/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_lvol.rs
+++ b/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_lvol.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ use spdk_rs::libspdk::{
     vbdev_lvol_destroy,
     vbdev_lvol_get_from_bdev,
     LVS_CLEAR_WITH_UNMAP,
-    SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE,
 };
 
 use super::{Error, Lvs};
@@ -294,34 +293,16 @@ impl Lvol {
                     }
                 })?;
 
-            // Set the buffer size to the maximum allowed by SPDK.
-            let buf_size = SPDK_BDEV_LARGE_BUF_MAX_SIZE as u64;
-            let buf = hdl.dma_malloc(buf_size).map_err(|e| {
-                error!(
-                    ?self,
-                    ?e,
-                    "no memory available to allocate zero buffer"
-                );
+            // write zero to the first 8MB which wipes the metadata and the
+            // first 4MB of the data partition
+            hdl.write_zeroes_at(0, WIPE_SUPER_LEN).await.map_err(|e| {
+                error!(?self, ?e);
                 Error::RepDestroy {
-                    source: Errno::ENOMEM,
+                    source: Errno::EIO,
                     name: self.name(),
-                    msg: "no memory available to allocate zero buffer".into(),
+                    msg: "failed to write to lvol".into(),
                 }
             })?;
-            // write zero to the first 8MB which wipes the metadata and the
-            // first 4MB of the data partition
-            let range =
-                std::cmp::min(self.as_bdev().size_in_bytes(), WIPE_SUPER_LEN);
-            for offset in 0 .. (range / buf_size) {
-                hdl.write_at(offset * buf.len(), &buf).await.map_err(|e| {
-                    error!(?self, ?e);
-                    Error::RepDestroy {
-                        source: Errno::EIO,
-                        name: self.name(),
-                        msg: "failed to write to lvol".into(),
-                    }
-                })?;
-            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_store.rs b/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_store.rs
index 865f9c2055..3c35c14325 100644
--- a/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_store.rs
+++ b/io-engine/src/lvs/lvs_store.rs
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ impl Lvs {
             })
             .map(Lvol::from_inner_ptr)?;
 
+        info!("{:?}: wipping super", lvol);
+
         if let Err(error) = lvol.wipe_super().await {
             // If we fail to destroy it hopefully the control-plane will clean
             // it up, though it's possible it may attempt to use it...