diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_ioctl_impl.h b/include/sys/zfs_ioctl_impl.h
index a59cfa1673..6a0b188ea6 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_ioctl_impl.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_ioctl_impl.h
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ void zfs_ioctl_register(const char *, zfs_ioc_t, zfs_ioc_func_t *,
 
 void zfs_ioctl_init_os(void);
 
+boolean_t zfs_vfs_held(zfsvfs_t *);
 int zfs_vfs_ref(zfsvfs_t **);
+void zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs_t *);
 
 long zfsdev_ioctl_common(uint_t, zfs_cmd_t *);
 int zfsdev_attach(void);
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_ioctl_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_ioctl_os.c
index 2960832a59..f31fd7ac96 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_ioctl_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_ioctl_os.c
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
+boolean_t
+zfs_vfs_held(zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs)
+{
+	return (zfsvfs->z_sb != NULL);
+}
+
 int
 zfs_vfs_ref(zfsvfs_t **zfvp)
 {
@@ -75,6 +81,12 @@ zfs_vfs_ref(zfsvfs_t **zfvp)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+void
+zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs)
+{
+	deactivate_super(zfsvfs->z_sb);
+}
+
 static int
 zfsdev_state_init(struct file *filp)
 {
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index a993d02e13..92df28b1fd 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,8 @@ zfsvfs_rele(zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs, void *tag)
 {
 	rrm_exit(&zfsvfs->z_teardown_lock, tag);
 
-	if (zfsvfs->z_sb) {
-		deactivate_super(zfsvfs->z_sb);
+	if (zfs_vfs_held(zfsvfs)) {
+		zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs);
 	} else {
 		dmu_objset_disown(zfsvfs->z_os, B_TRUE, zfsvfs);
 		zfsvfs_free(zfsvfs);
@@ -4133,7 +4133,7 @@ zfs_ioc_rollback(const char *fsname, nvlist_t *innvl, nvlist_t *outnvl)
 			resume_err = zfs_resume_fs(zfsvfs, ds);
 			error = error ? error : resume_err;
 		}
-		deactivate_super(zfsvfs->z_sb);
+		zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs);
 	} else if ((zv = zvol_suspend(fsname)) != NULL) {
 		error = dsl_dataset_rollback(fsname, target, zvol_tag(zv),
 		    outnvl);
@@ -4866,7 +4866,7 @@ zfs_ioc_recv_impl(char *tofs, char *tosnap, char *origin, nvlist_t *recvprops,
 				error = zfs_resume_fs(zfsvfs, ds);
 			}
 			error = error ? error : end_err;
-			deactivate_super(zfsvfs->z_sb);
+			zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs);
 		} else if ((zv = zvol_suspend(tofs)) != NULL) {
 			error = dmu_recv_end(&drc, zvol_tag(zv));
 			zvol_resume(zv);
@@ -5784,7 +5784,7 @@ zfs_ioc_userspace_upgrade(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 		}
 		if (error == 0)
 			error = dmu_objset_userspace_upgrade(zfsvfs->z_os);
-		deactivate_super(zfsvfs->z_sb);
+		zfs_vfs_rele(zfsvfs);
 	} else {
 		/* XXX kind of reading contents without owning */
 		error = dmu_objset_hold_flags(zc->zc_name, B_TRUE, FTAG, &os);