diff --git a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index c3fbea455372..59aa65be0295 100644
--- a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ traverse_impl(spa_t *spa, dsl_dataset_t *ds, uint64_t objset, blkptr_t *rootbp,
 	mutex_init(&pd.pd_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	cv_init(&pd.pd_cv, NULL, CV_DEFAULT, NULL);
 
+	SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, td.td_objset,
+	    ZB_ROOT_OBJECT, ZB_ROOT_LEVEL, ZB_ROOT_BLKID);
+
 	/* See comment on ZIL traversal in dsl_scan_visitds. */
 	if (ds != NULL && !ds->ds_is_snapshot && !BP_IS_HOLE(rootbp)) {
 		arc_flags_t flags = ARC_FLAG_WAIT;
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ traverse_impl(spa_t *spa, dsl_dataset_t *ds, uint64_t objset, blkptr_t *rootbp,
 
 		err = arc_read(NULL, td.td_spa, rootbp,
 		    arc_getbuf_func, &buf,
-		    ZIO_PRIORITY_ASYNC_READ, ZIO_FLAG_CANFAIL, &flags, NULL);
+		    ZIO_PRIORITY_ASYNC_READ, ZIO_FLAG_CANFAIL, &flags, &czb);
 		if (err != 0)
 			return (err);
 
@@ -623,8 +626,6 @@ traverse_impl(spa_t *spa, dsl_dataset_t *ds, uint64_t objset, blkptr_t *rootbp,
 	    &td, TQ_NOQUEUE))
 		pd.pd_exited = B_TRUE;
 
-	SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, td.td_objset,
-	    ZB_ROOT_OBJECT, ZB_ROOT_LEVEL, ZB_ROOT_BLKID);
 	err = traverse_visitbp(&td, NULL, rootbp, &czb);
 
 	mutex_enter(&pd.pd_mtx);