diff --git a/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c b/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
index 8780480aeb..1a15d4d619 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ zpl_set_acl(struct inode *ip, int type, struct posix_acl *acl)
 		break;
 
 	case ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT:
-		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS;
+		name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT;
 		if (!S_ISDIR(ip->i_mode))
 			return (acl ? -EACCES : 0);
 		break;