diff --git a/recovery_utils/roots.cpp b/recovery_utils/roots.cpp
index 0b82c1c..d761e75 100644
--- a/recovery_utils/roots.cpp
+++ b/recovery_utils/roots.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 #include <ext4_utils/ext4_utils.h>
+#include <ext4_utils/wipe.h>
 #include <fs_mgr.h>
 #include <fs_mgr/roots.h>
 
@@ -176,6 +177,25 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // If the raw disk will be used as a metadata encrypted device mapper target,
+  // next boot will do encrypt_in_place the raw disk which gives a subtle duration
+  // to get any failure in the process. In order to avoid it, let's simply wipe
+  // the raw disk if we don't reserve any space, which behaves exactly same as booting
+  // after "fastboot -w".
+  if (!v->metadata_encryption.empty() && length == 0) {
+    android::base::unique_fd fd(open(v->blk_device.c_str(), O_RDWR));
+    if (fd == -1) {
+      PLOG(ERROR) << "format_volume: failed to open " << v->blk_device;
+      return -1;
+    }
+    int64_t device_size = get_file_size(fd.get(), 0);
+    if (device_size > 0 && !wipe_block_device(fd.get(), device_size)) {
+      LOG(INFO) << "format_volume: wipe metadata encrypted " << v->blk_device << " with size "
+                << device_size;
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (v->fs_type == "ext4") {
     static constexpr int kBlockSize = 4096;
     std::vector<std::string> mke2fs_args = {