diff --git a/include/sys/vdev_draid.h b/include/sys/vdev_draid.h
index 52ce4ba16105..dd334acbacf1 100644
--- a/include/sys/vdev_draid.h
+++ b/include/sys/vdev_draid.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ extern boolean_t vdev_draid_readable(vdev_t *, uint64_t);
 extern boolean_t vdev_draid_missing(vdev_t *, uint64_t, uint64_t, uint64_t);
 extern uint64_t vdev_draid_asize_to_psize(vdev_t *, uint64_t);
 extern void vdev_draid_map_alloc_empty(zio_t *, struct raidz_row *);
+extern int vdev_draid_map_verify_empty(zio_t *, struct raidz_row *);
 extern nvlist_t *vdev_draid_read_config_spare(vdev_t *);
 
 /* Functions for dRAID distributed spares. */
diff --git a/include/sys/vdev_raidz.h b/include/sys/vdev_raidz.h
index ee597eb0dbb3..c7cf0af6d945 100644
--- a/include/sys/vdev_raidz.h
+++ b/include/sys/vdev_raidz.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 struct zio;
+struct raidz_col;
 struct raidz_row;
 struct raidz_map;
 #if !defined(_KERNEL)
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ void vdev_raidz_generate_parity(struct raidz_map *);
 void vdev_raidz_reconstruct(struct raidz_map *, const int *, int);
 void vdev_raidz_child_done(zio_t *);
 void vdev_raidz_io_done(zio_t *);
+void vdev_raidz_checksum_error(zio_t *, struct raidz_col *, abd_t *);
 
 extern const zio_vsd_ops_t vdev_raidz_vsd_ops;
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_draid.c b/module/zfs/vdev_draid.c
index b8f82d52e8f0..2d83c1ac977c 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_draid.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_draid.c
@@ -841,6 +841,53 @@ vdev_draid_map_alloc_empty(zio_t *zio, raidz_row_t *rr)
 	ASSERT3U(skip_off, ==, rr->rr_nempty * skip_size);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Verify that all empty sectors are zero filled before using them to
+ * calculate parity.  Otherwise, silent corruption in an empty sector will
+ * result in bad parity being generated.  That bad parity will then be
+ * considered authoritative and overwrite the good parity on disk.  This
+ * is possible because the checksum is only calculated over the data,
+ * thus it cannot be used to detect damage in empty sectors.
+ */
+int
+vdev_draid_map_verify_empty(zio_t *zio, raidz_row_t *rr)
+{
+	uint64_t skip_size = 1ULL << zio->io_vd->vdev_top->vdev_ashift;
+	uint64_t parity_size = rr->rr_col[0].rc_size;
+	uint64_t skip_off = parity_size - skip_size;
+	uint64_t empty_off = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ASSERT3U(zio->io_type, ==, ZIO_TYPE_READ);
+	ASSERT3P(rr->rr_abd_empty, !=, NULL);
+	ASSERT3U(rr->rr_bigcols, >, 0);
+
+	void *zero_buf = kmem_zalloc(skip_size, KM_SLEEP);
+
+	for (int c = rr->rr_bigcols; c < rr->rr_cols; c++) {
+		raidz_col_t *rc = &rr->rr_col[c];
+
+		ASSERT3P(rc->rc_abd, !=, NULL);
+		ASSERT3U(rc->rc_size, ==, parity_size);
+
+		if (abd_cmp_buf_off(rc->rc_abd, zero_buf, skip_off,
+		    skip_size) != 0) {
+			vdev_raidz_checksum_error(zio, rc, rc->rc_abd);
+			abd_zero_off(rc->rc_abd, skip_off, skip_size);
+			rc->rc_error = SET_ERROR(ECKSUM);
+			ret++;
+		}
+
+		empty_off += skip_size;
+	}
+
+	ASSERT3U(empty_off, ==, abd_get_size(rr->rr_abd_empty));
+
+	kmem_free(zero_buf, skip_size);
+
+	return (ret);
+}
+
 /*
  * Given a logical address within a dRAID configuration, return the physical
  * address on the first drive in the group that this address maps to
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_raidz.c b/module/zfs/vdev_raidz.c
index 1feebf7089b4..9a7cf665643c 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_raidz.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_raidz.c
@@ -1654,8 +1654,8 @@ vdev_raidz_io_start(zio_t *zio)
 /*
  * Report a checksum error for a child of a RAID-Z device.
  */
-static void
-raidz_checksum_error(zio_t *zio, raidz_col_t *rc, abd_t *bad_data)
+void
+vdev_raidz_checksum_error(zio_t *zio, raidz_col_t *rc, abd_t *bad_data)
 {
 	vdev_t *vd = zio->io_vd->vdev_child[rc->rc_devidx];
 
@@ -1725,6 +1725,13 @@ raidz_parity_verify(zio_t *zio, raidz_row_t *rr)
 		abd_copy(orig[c], rc->rc_abd, rc->rc_size);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Verify any empty sectors are zero filled to ensure the parity
+	 * is calculated correctly even if these non-data sectors are damaged.
+	 */
+	if (rr->rr_nempty && rr->rr_abd_empty != NULL)
+		ret += vdev_draid_map_verify_empty(zio, rr);
+
 	/*
 	 * Regenerates parity even for !tried||rc_error!=0 columns.  This
 	 * isn't harmful but it does have the side effect of fixing stuff
@@ -1739,7 +1746,7 @@ raidz_parity_verify(zio_t *zio, raidz_row_t *rr)
 			continue;
 
 		if (abd_cmp(orig[c], rc->rc_abd) != 0) {
-			raidz_checksum_error(zio, rc, orig[c]);
+			vdev_raidz_checksum_error(zio, rc, orig[c]);
 			rc->rc_error = SET_ERROR(ECKSUM);
 			ret++;
 		}
@@ -1799,7 +1806,6 @@ vdev_raidz_io_done_verified(zio_t *zio, raidz_row_t *rr)
 	    (zio->io_flags & ZIO_FLAG_RESILVER)) {
 		int n = raidz_parity_verify(zio, rr);
 		unexpected_errors += n;
-		ASSERT3U(parity_errors + n, <=, rr->rr_firstdatacol);
 	}
 
 	if (zio->io_error == 0 && spa_writeable(zio->io_spa) &&
@@ -1925,7 +1931,7 @@ raidz_reconstruct(zio_t *zio, int *ltgts, int ntgts, int nparity)
 					 */
 					if (rc->rc_error == 0 &&
 					    c >= rr->rr_firstdatacol) {
-						raidz_checksum_error(zio,
+						vdev_raidz_checksum_error(zio,
 						    rc, rc->rc_orig_data);
 						rc->rc_error =
 						    SET_ERROR(ECKSUM);
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_events/zpool_events_errors.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_events/zpool_events_errors.ksh
index 4645e245c973..a6833f167c66 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_events/zpool_events_errors.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_events/zpool_events_errors.ksh
@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@
 #	in zpool status.
 #
 # STRATEGY:
-#	1. Create a raidz or mirror pool
+#	1. Create a mirror, raidz, or draid pool
 #	2. Inject read/write IO errors or checksum errors
 #	3. Verify the number of errors in zpool status match the corresponding
 #	   number of error events.
-#	4. Repeat for all combinations of raidz/mirror and io/checksum errors.
+#	4. Repeat for all combinations of mirror/raidz/draid and io/checksum
+#	   errors.
 #
 
 . $STF_SUITE/include/libtest.shlib
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ log_must mkdir -p $MOUNTDIR
 
 # Run error test on a specific type of pool
 #
-# $1: pool - raidz, mirror
+# $1: pool - mirror, raidz, draid
 # $2: test type - corrupt (checksum error), io
 # $3: read, write
 function do_test
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ function do_test
 	log_must zpool destroy $POOL
 }
 
-# Test all types of errors on mirror and raidz pools
-for pooltype in mirror raidz ; do
+# Test all types of errors on mirror, raidz, and draid pools
+for pooltype in mirror raidz draid; do
 	do_test $pooltype corrupt read
 	do_test $pooltype io read
 	do_test $pooltype io write