diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index a967c05679..6ff4d43023 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ extern int aok;
  */
 #define	TS_MAGIC		0x72f158ab4261e538ull
 #define	TS_RUN			0x00000002
-#define	TS_STACK_MIN		PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
+#define	TS_STACK_MIN		MAX(PTHREAD_STACK_MIN, 32768)
 #define	TS_STACK_MAX		(256 * 1024)
 
 /* in libzpool, p0 exists only to have its address taken */
diff --git a/man/man1/ztest.1 b/man/man1/ztest.1
index f798bcfcb8..ebfacd46dc 100644
--- a/man/man1/ztest.1
+++ b/man/man1/ztest.1
@@ -149,11 +149,10 @@ ztest -f / -V -T 120
 .TP
 .B "ZFS_STACK_SIZE=stacksize"
 Limit the default stack size to \fBstacksize\fR bytes for the purpose of
-detecting and debugging kernel stack overflows.  For x86_64 platforms this
-value should be set as follows to simulate these platforms: \fB8192\fR
-(Linux), \fB20480\fR (Illumos), \fB16384\fR (FreeBSD).
+detecting and debugging kernel stack overflows.  This value defaults to
+\fB32K\fR which is double the default \fB16K\fR Linux kernel stack size.
 
-In practice you may need to set these value slightly higher because
+In practice, setting the stack size slightly higher is needed because
 differences in stack usage between kernel and user space can lead to spurious
 stack overflows (especially when debugging is enabled).  The specified value
 will be rounded up to a floor of PTHREAD_STACK_MIN which is the minimum stack
diff --git a/module/zfs/txg.c b/module/zfs/txg.c
index d5dff58abb..ed8007e052 100644
--- a/module/zfs/txg.c
+++ b/module/zfs/txg.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ txg_sync_start(dsl_pool_t *dp)
 	 * 32-bit x86.  This is due in part to nested pools and
 	 * scrub_visitbp() recursion.
 	 */
-	tx->tx_sync_thread = thread_create(NULL, 32<<10, txg_sync_thread,
+	tx->tx_sync_thread = thread_create(NULL, 0, txg_sync_thread,
 	    dp, 0, &p0, TS_RUN, defclsyspri);
 
 	mutex_exit(&tx->tx_sync_lock);