diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index 795abcbd30..242f169dc3 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -1905,8 +1905,10 @@ zfs_obj_to_path_impl(objset_t *osp, uint64_t obj, sa_handle_t *hdl,
 		size_t complen;
 		int is_xattrdir;
 
-		if (prevdb)
+		if (prevdb) {
+			ASSERT(prevhdl != NULL);
 			zfs_release_sa_handle(prevhdl, prevdb, FTAG);
+		}
 
 		if ((error = zfs_obj_to_pobj(osp, sa_hdl, sa_table, &pobj,
 		    &is_xattrdir)) != 0)
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_znode.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_znode.c
index b33594488e..3588a428ac 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_znode.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_znode.c
@@ -2127,8 +2127,10 @@ zfs_obj_to_path_impl(objset_t *osp, uint64_t obj, sa_handle_t *hdl,
 		size_t complen;
 		int is_xattrdir = 0;
 
-		if (prevdb)
+		if (prevdb) {
+			ASSERT(prevhdl != NULL);
 			zfs_release_sa_handle(prevhdl, prevdb, FTAG);
+		}
 
 		if ((error = zfs_obj_to_pobj(osp, sa_hdl, sa_table, &pobj,
 		    &is_xattrdir)) != 0)