diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index e4af6fc378b5..77dded376e77 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ typedef struct taskq_ent {
 #define	TASKQ_DYNAMIC		0x0004	/* Use dynamic thread scheduling */
 #define	TASKQ_THREADS_CPU_PCT	0x0008	/* Scale # threads by # cpus */
 #define	TASKQ_DC_BATCH		0x0010	/* Mark threads as batch */
-#define	TASKQ_NORECLAIM		0x0020	/* Disable direct memory reclaim */
 
 #define	TQ_SLEEP	KM_SLEEP	/* Can block for memory */
 #define	TQ_NOSLEEP	KM_NOSLEEP	/* cannot block for memory; may fail */
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 40849bcb7f49..20db066968f1 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -653,8 +653,9 @@ spa_get_errlists(spa_t *spa, avl_tree_t *last, avl_tree_t *scrub)
 
 static taskq_t *
 spa_taskq_create(spa_t *spa, const char *name, enum zti_modes mode,
-    uint_t value, uint_t flags)
+    uint_t value)
 {
+	uint_t flags = TASKQ_PREPOPULATE;
 	boolean_t batch = B_FALSE;
 
 	switch (mode) {
@@ -704,17 +705,13 @@ spa_create_zio_taskqs(spa_t *spa)
 			const zio_taskq_info_t *ztip = &zio_taskqs[t][q];
 			enum zti_modes mode = ztip->zti_mode;
 			uint_t value = ztip->zti_value;
-			uint_t flags = 0;
 			char name[32];
 
-			if (t == ZIO_TYPE_WRITE)
-				flags |= TASKQ_NORECLAIM;
-
 			(void) snprintf(name, sizeof (name),
 			    "%s_%s", zio_type_name[t], zio_taskq_types[q]);
 
 			spa->spa_zio_taskq[t][q] =
-			    spa_taskq_create(spa, name, mode, value, flags);
+			    spa_taskq_create(spa, name, mode, value);
 		}
 	}
 }