diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 8064edd6cc..2fd836a4ae 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1639,9 +1639,10 @@ zfs_ioc_objset_stats(struct file *filp, zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 		 */
 		if (!zc->zc_objset_stats.dds_inconsistent) {
 			if (dmu_objset_type(os) == DMU_OST_ZVOL)
-				VERIFY(zvol_get_stats(os, nv) == 0);
+				error = zvol_get_stats(os, nv);
 		}
-		error = put_nvlist(zc, nv);
+		if (error == 0)
+			error = put_nvlist(zc, nv);
 		nvlist_free(nv);
 	}