diff --git a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
index 213e36787c7e..e7fc2f459e18 100644
--- a/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
+++ b/include/sys/fs/zfs.h
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ typedef struct zpool_load_policy {
 
 /* Rewind data discovered */
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_LOAD_TIME		"rewind_txg_ts"
+#define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_LOAD_META_ERRORS	"verify_meta_errors"
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_LOAD_DATA_ERRORS	"verify_data_errors"
 #define	ZPOOL_CONFIG_REWIND_TIME	"seconds_of_rewind"
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index d35e14c795bb..7e18048af5e6 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -2251,6 +2251,7 @@ spa_claim_notify(zio_t *zio)
 }
 
 typedef struct spa_load_error {
+	boolean_t	sle_verify_data;
 	uint64_t	sle_meta_count;
 	uint64_t	sle_data_count;
 } spa_load_error_t;
@@ -2291,6 +2292,9 @@ static int
 spa_load_verify_cb(spa_t *spa, zilog_t *zilog, const blkptr_t *bp,
     const zbookmark_phys_t *zb, const dnode_phys_t *dnp, void *arg)
 {
+	zio_t *rio = arg;
+	spa_load_error_t *sle = rio->io_private;
+
 	(void) zilog, (void) dnp;
 
 	if (zb->zb_level == ZB_DNODE_LEVEL || BP_IS_HOLE(bp) ||
@@ -2303,12 +2307,12 @@ spa_load_verify_cb(spa_t *spa, zilog_t *zilog, const blkptr_t *bp,
 	 */
 	if (!spa_load_verify_metadata)
 		return (0);
-	if (!BP_IS_METADATA(bp) && !spa_load_verify_data)
+	if (!BP_IS_METADATA(bp) &&
+	    (!spa_load_verify_data || !sle->sle_verify_data))
 		return (0);
 
 	uint64_t maxinflight_bytes =
 	    arc_target_bytes() >> spa_load_verify_shift;
-	zio_t *rio = arg;
 	size_t size = BP_GET_PSIZE(bp);
 
 	mutex_enter(&spa->spa_scrub_lock);
@@ -2346,7 +2350,8 @@ spa_load_verify(spa_t *spa)
 
 	zpool_get_load_policy(spa->spa_config, &policy);
 
-	if (policy.zlp_rewind & ZPOOL_NEVER_REWIND)
+	if (policy.zlp_rewind & ZPOOL_NEVER_REWIND ||
+	    policy.zlp_maxmeta == UINT64_MAX)
 		return (0);
 
 	dsl_pool_config_enter(spa->spa_dsl_pool, FTAG);
@@ -2357,6 +2362,13 @@ spa_load_verify(spa_t *spa)
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
 
+	/*
+	 * Verify data only if we are rewinding or error limit was set.
+	 * Otherwise nothing except dbgmsg care about it to waste time.
+	 */
+	sle.sle_verify_data = (policy.zlp_rewind & ZPOOL_REWIND_MASK) ||
+	    (policy.zlp_maxdata < UINT64_MAX);
+
 	rio = zio_root(spa, NULL, &sle,
 	    ZIO_FLAG_CANFAIL | ZIO_FLAG_SPECULATIVE);
 
@@ -2400,6 +2412,8 @@ spa_load_verify(spa_t *spa)
 		    spa->spa_load_txg_ts);
 		fnvlist_add_int64(spa->spa_load_info, ZPOOL_CONFIG_REWIND_TIME,
 		    loss);
+		fnvlist_add_uint64(spa->spa_load_info,
+		    ZPOOL_CONFIG_LOAD_META_ERRORS, sle.sle_meta_count);
 		fnvlist_add_uint64(spa->spa_load_info,
 		    ZPOOL_CONFIG_LOAD_DATA_ERRORS, sle.sle_data_count);
 	} else {