diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_iter.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_iter.c
index 9ad6919388ae..b3253c817927 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_iter.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_iter.c
@@ -134,13 +134,23 @@ zfs_callback(zfs_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 	    ((cb->cb_flags & ZFS_ITER_DEPTH_LIMIT) == 0 ||
 	    cb->cb_depth < cb->cb_depth_limit)) {
 		cb->cb_depth++;
-		if (zfs_get_type(zhp) == ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM)
+
+		/*
+		 * If we are not looking for filesystems, we don't need to
+		 * recurse into filesystems when we are at our depth limit.
+		 */
+		if ((cb->cb_depth < cb->cb_depth_limit ||
+		    (cb->cb_types & ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM)) &&
+		    zfs_get_type(zhp) == ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM)
 			(void) zfs_iter_filesystems(zhp, zfs_callback, data);
+
 		if (((zfs_get_type(zhp) & (ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT |
-		    ZFS_TYPE_BOOKMARK)) == 0) && include_snaps)
+		    ZFS_TYPE_BOOKMARK)) == 0) && include_snaps) {
 			(void) zfs_iter_snapshots(zhp,
 			    (cb->cb_flags & ZFS_ITER_SIMPLE) != 0, zfs_callback,
 			    data, 0, 0);
+		}
+
 		if (((zfs_get_type(zhp) & (ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT |
 		    ZFS_TYPE_BOOKMARK)) == 0) && include_bmarks)
 			(void) zfs_iter_bookmarks(zhp, zfs_callback, data);
diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index 21c4d4334eb4..57eb305281d2 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -1922,6 +1922,16 @@ zfs_do_get(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	fields = argv[0];
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle users who want to get all snapshots of the current
+	 * dataset (ex. 'zfs get -t snapshot refer <dataset>').
+	 */
+	if (types == ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT &&
+	    (flags & ZFS_ITER_RECURSE) == 0 && limit == 0) {
+		flags |= (ZFS_ITER_DEPTH_LIMIT | ZFS_ITER_RECURSE);
+		limit = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (zprop_get_list(g_zfs, fields, &cb.cb_proplist, ZFS_TYPE_DATASET)
 	    != 0)
 		usage(B_FALSE);
@@ -3416,6 +3426,16 @@ zfs_do_list(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (strcmp(fields, "space") == 0 && types_specified == B_FALSE)
 		types &= ~ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT;
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle users who want to list all snapshots of the current
+	 * dataset (ex. 'zfs list -t snapshot <dataset>').
+	 */
+	if (types == ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT &&
+	    (flags & ZFS_ITER_RECURSE) == 0 && limit == 0) {
+		flags |= (ZFS_ITER_DEPTH_LIMIT | ZFS_ITER_RECURSE);
+		limit = 1;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the user specifies '-o all', the zprop_get_list() doesn't
 	 * normally include the name of the dataset.  For 'zfs list', we always
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_get/zfs_get_009_pos.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_get/zfs_get_009_pos.ksh
index 383b19ca8d66..2d97c5918acd 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_get/zfs_get_009_pos.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_get/zfs_get_009_pos.ksh
@@ -87,5 +87,10 @@ for dp in ${depth_array[@]}; do
 	(( old_val=dp ))
 done
 
+# Ensure 'zfs get -t snapshot <dataset>' works as though -d 1 was specified
+log_must eval "zfs get -H -t snapshot -o name creation $DEPTH_FS > $DEPTH_OUTPUT"
+log_must eval "zfs get -H -t snapshot -d 1 -o name creation $DEPTH_FS > $EXPECT_OUTPUT"
+log_must diff $DEPTH_OUTPUT $EXPECT_OUTPUT
+
 log_pass "'zfs get -d <n>' should get expected output."