diff --git a/include/sys/dmu_impl.h b/include/sys/dmu_impl.h
index 3e4423c8d6..ae129b7cfa 100644
--- a/include/sys/dmu_impl.h
+++ b/include/sys/dmu_impl.h
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ typedef struct dmu_sendarg {
 	uint64_t dsa_last_data_offset;
 	uint64_t dsa_resume_object;
 	uint64_t dsa_resume_offset;
+	boolean_t dsa_sent_begin;
+	boolean_t dsa_sent_end;
 } dmu_sendarg_t;
 
 void dmu_object_zapify(objset_t *, uint64_t, dmu_object_type_t, dmu_tx_t *);
diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_send.c b/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
index ebe103045c..5e95da52d6 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
@@ -169,11 +169,16 @@ dump_record(dmu_sendarg_t *dsp, void *payload, int payload_len)
 	fletcher_4_incremental_native(dsp->dsa_drr,
 	    offsetof(dmu_replay_record_t, drr_u.drr_checksum.drr_checksum),
 	    &dsp->dsa_zc);
-	if (dsp->dsa_drr->drr_type != DRR_BEGIN) {
+	if (dsp->dsa_drr->drr_type == DRR_BEGIN) {
+		dsp->dsa_sent_begin = B_TRUE;
+	} else {
 		ASSERT(ZIO_CHECKSUM_IS_ZERO(&dsp->dsa_drr->drr_u.
 		    drr_checksum.drr_checksum));
 		dsp->dsa_drr->drr_u.drr_checksum.drr_checksum = dsp->dsa_zc;
 	}
+	if (dsp->dsa_drr->drr_type == DRR_END) {
+		dsp->dsa_sent_end = B_TRUE;
+	}
 	fletcher_4_incremental_native(&dsp->dsa_drr->
 	    drr_u.drr_checksum.drr_checksum,
 	    sizeof (zio_cksum_t), &dsp->dsa_zc);
@@ -979,6 +984,8 @@ out:
 	list_remove(&to_ds->ds_sendstreams, dsp);
 	mutex_exit(&to_ds->ds_sendstream_lock);
 
+	VERIFY(err != 0 || (dsp->dsa_sent_begin && dsp->dsa_sent_end));
+
 	kmem_free(drr, sizeof (dmu_replay_record_t));
 	kmem_free(dsp, sizeof (dmu_sendarg_t));