diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 5392e35478..3857d0183b 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2019 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2018, Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Spectra Logic Corporation, All rights reserved.
  * Copyright 2013 Saso Kiselkov. All rights reserved.
@@ -5183,6 +5183,7 @@ spa_create(const char *pool, nvlist_t *nvroot, nvlist_t *props,
 	spa->spa_removing_phys.sr_state = DSS_NONE;
 	spa->spa_removing_phys.sr_removing_vdev = -1;
 	spa->spa_removing_phys.sr_prev_indirect_vdev = -1;
+	spa->spa_indirect_vdevs_loaded = B_TRUE;
 
 	/*
 	 * Create "The Godfather" zio to hold all async IOs