diff --git a/include/sys/zio.h b/include/sys/zio.h
index 44f1c8452e..04a11adfd6 100644
--- a/include/sys/zio.h
+++ b/include/sys/zio.h
@@ -563,9 +563,6 @@ extern zio_t *zio_claim(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, uint64_t txg,
     const blkptr_t *bp,
     zio_done_func_t *done, void *priv, enum zio_flag flags);
 
-extern zio_t *zio_ioctl(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd, int cmd,
-    zio_done_func_t *done, void *priv, enum zio_flag flags);
-
 extern zio_t *zio_trim(zio_t *pio, vdev_t *vd, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size,
     zio_done_func_t *done, void *priv, zio_priority_t priority,
     enum zio_flag flags, enum trim_flag trim_flags);
@@ -585,7 +582,7 @@ extern zio_t *zio_free_sync(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, uint64_t txg,
 
 extern int zio_alloc_zil(spa_t *spa, objset_t *os, uint64_t txg,
     blkptr_t *new_bp, uint64_t size, boolean_t *slog);
-extern void zio_flush(zio_t *zio, vdev_t *vd, enum zio_flag flags);
+extern void zio_flush(zio_t *zio, vdev_t *vd, boolean_t propagate);
 extern void zio_shrink(zio_t *zio, uint64_t size);
 
 extern int zio_wait(zio_t *zio);
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_label.c b/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
index 8b485e1fbd..7ea2f84951 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ vdev_uberblock_sync_list(vdev_t **svd, int svdcount, uberblock_t *ub, int flags)
 
 	for (int v = 0; v < svdcount; v++) {
 		if (vdev_writeable(svd[v])) {
-			zio_flush(zio, svd[v], ZIO_FLAG_DONT_PROPAGATE);
+			zio_flush(zio, svd[v], B_FALSE);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1848,7 +1848,7 @@ vdev_label_sync_list(spa_t *spa, int l, uint64_t txg, int flags)
 	zio = zio_root(spa, NULL, NULL, flags);
 
 	for (vd = list_head(dl); vd != NULL; vd = list_next(dl, vd))
-		zio_flush(zio, vd, ZIO_FLAG_DONT_PROPAGATE);
+		zio_flush(zio, vd, B_FALSE);
 
 	(void) zio_wait(zio);
 
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ retry:
 	for (vdev_t *vd =
 	    txg_list_head(&spa->spa_vdev_txg_list, TXG_CLEAN(txg)); vd != NULL;
 	    vd = txg_list_next(&spa->spa_vdev_txg_list, vd, TXG_CLEAN(txg)))
-		zio_flush(zio, vd, ZIO_FLAG_DONT_PROPAGATE);
+		zio_flush(zio, vd, B_FALSE);
 
 	(void) zio_wait(zio);
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/zil.c b/module/zfs/zil.c
index b9a1cfb24b..880912d665 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zil.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zil.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ zil_lwb_write_done(zio_t *zio)
 			 * that had their flushes deferred. Flush errors will
 			 * be delivered to zil_lwb_flush_vdevs_done().
 			 */
-			zio_flush(lwb->lwb_root_zio, vd, 0);
+			zio_flush(lwb->lwb_root_zio, vd, B_TRUE);
 		}
 		kmem_free(zv, sizeof (*zv));
 	}
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index 9033316873..c83ff29e3a 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -1306,30 +1306,6 @@ zio_claim(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, uint64_t txg, const blkptr_t *bp,
 	return (zio);
 }
 
-zio_t *
-zio_ioctl(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd, int cmd,
-    zio_done_func_t *done, void *private, enum zio_flag flags)
-{
-	zio_t *zio;
-	int c;
-
-	if (vd->vdev_children == 0) {
-		zio = zio_create(pio, spa, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, done, private,
-		    ZIO_TYPE_IOCTL, ZIO_PRIORITY_NOW, flags, vd, 0, NULL,
-		    ZIO_STAGE_OPEN, ZIO_IOCTL_PIPELINE);
-
-		zio->io_cmd = cmd;
-	} else {
-		zio = zio_null(pio, spa, NULL, NULL, NULL, flags);
-
-		for (c = 0; c < vd->vdev_children; c++)
-			zio_nowait(zio_ioctl(zio, spa, vd->vdev_child[c], cmd,
-			    done, private, flags));
-	}
-
-	return (zio);
-}
-
 zio_t *
 zio_trim(zio_t *pio, vdev_t *vd, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size,
     zio_done_func_t *done, void *private, zio_priority_t priority,
@@ -1501,11 +1477,36 @@ zio_vdev_delegated_io(vdev_t *vd, uint64_t offset, abd_t *data, uint64_t size,
 	return (zio);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Send a flush command to the given vdev. Unlike most zio creation functions,
+ * the flush zios are issued immediately. You can wait on pio to pause until
+ * the flushes complete.
+ *
+ * Set propagate to true to have flush errors propagated to the parent.
+ * Otherwise, flush errors are ignored.
+ */
 void
-zio_flush(zio_t *zio, vdev_t *vd, enum zio_flag flags)
+zio_flush(zio_t *pio, vdev_t *vd, boolean_t propagate)
 {
-	zio_nowait(zio_ioctl(zio, zio->io_spa, vd, DKIOCFLUSHWRITECACHE,
-	    NULL, NULL, flags | ZIO_FLAG_CANFAIL | ZIO_FLAG_DONT_RETRY));
+	const int cmd = DKIOCFLUSHWRITECACHE;
+	const enum zio_flag flags =
+	    ZIO_FLAG_CANFAIL | ZIO_FLAG_DONT_RETRY |
+	    (propagate ? 0 : ZIO_FLAG_DONT_PROPAGATE);
+	spa_t *spa = pio->io_spa;
+	zio_t *zio;
+
+	if (vd->vdev_children == 0) {
+		zio = zio_create(pio, spa, 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL,
+		    ZIO_TYPE_IOCTL, ZIO_PRIORITY_NOW, flags, vd, 0, NULL,
+		    ZIO_STAGE_OPEN, ZIO_IOCTL_PIPELINE);
+		zio->io_cmd = cmd;
+	} else {
+		zio = zio_null(pio, spa, NULL, NULL, NULL, flags);
+		for (int c = 0; c < vd->vdev_children; c++)
+			zio_flush(zio, vd->vdev_child[c], propagate);
+	}
+
+	zio_nowait(zio);
 }
 
 void