diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_create/zfs_create_nomount.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_create/zfs_create_nomount.ksh
index e1fbbe63ad..5b0478e855 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_create/zfs_create_nomount.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zfs_create/zfs_create_nomount.ksh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ verify_runnable "both"
 
 function cleanup
 {
-	local ds
+	typeset ds
 
 	for ds in "$fs" "$vol"; do
 		datasetexists "$ds" && destroy_dataset "$ds"