diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index b090bc2fc5..b5c1ec758f 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ traverse_dnode(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (dnp->dn_flags & DNODE_FLAG_SPILL_BLKPTR) {
+	if (err == 0 && dnp->dn_flags & DNODE_FLAG_SPILL_BLKPTR) {
 		SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, objset, object, 0, DMU_SPILL_BLKID);
 		err = traverse_visitbp(td, dnp, &dnp->dn_spill, &czb);
 	}