diff --git a/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c b/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
index ecdeba80b7..34012db82d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
@@ -2080,10 +2080,16 @@ dsl_scan_prefetch_thread(void *arg)
 			zio_flags |= ZIO_FLAG_RAW;
 		}
 
+		/* We don't need data L1 buffer since we do not prefetch L0. */
+		blkptr_t *bp = &spic->spic_bp;
+		if (BP_GET_LEVEL(bp) == 1 && BP_GET_TYPE(bp) != DMU_OT_DNODE &&
+		    BP_GET_TYPE(bp) != DMU_OT_OBJSET)
+			flags |= ARC_FLAG_NO_BUF;
+
 		/* issue the prefetch asynchronously */
-		(void) arc_read(scn->scn_zio_root, scn->scn_dp->dp_spa,
-		    &spic->spic_bp, dsl_scan_prefetch_cb, spic->spic_spc,
-		    ZIO_PRIORITY_SCRUB, zio_flags, &flags, &spic->spic_zb);
+		(void) arc_read(scn->scn_zio_root, spa, bp,
+		    dsl_scan_prefetch_cb, spic->spic_spc, ZIO_PRIORITY_SCRUB,
+		    zio_flags, &flags, &spic->spic_zb);
 
 		kmem_free(spic, sizeof (scan_prefetch_issue_ctx_t));
 	}