diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
index da42047d58..aff104d1e9 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_util.c
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@ libzfs_init(void)
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 
+#if defined(HAVE_SPL) && !defined(HAVE_GPL_ONLY_SYMBOLS)
+	/* If we don't have access to GPL-only symbols then we may not
+	 * use the udev APIs, therefore we must mknod the device ourselves. */
+	(void)mknod(ZFS_DEV, S_IFCHR | 0600, makedev(ZFS_MAJOR, 0));
+#endif
+
 	if ((hdl->libzfs_fd = open(ZFS_DEV, O_RDWR)) < 0) {
 		free(hdl);
 		return (NULL);
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 80d2d70568..5f8cbf03cb 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -3254,7 +3254,7 @@ init(void)
 
 	rc = _init();
 	if (!rc)
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: Loaded v%s\n", VERSION);
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: Loaded ZFS Filesystem v%s\n", VERSION);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -3263,7 +3263,7 @@ void
 fini(void)
 {
 	(void)_fini();
-	printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: Unloaded v%s\n", VERSION);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "ZFS: Unloaded ZFS Filesystem v%s\n", VERSION);
 }
 
 module_init(init);