diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
index 7f33e24479..4a07c8d20b 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -1230,12 +1230,19 @@ zfs_valid_proplist(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, zfs_type_t type, nvlist_t *nvl,
 		}
 
 		case ZFS_PROP_SPECIAL_SMALL_BLOCKS:
+		{
+			int maxbs = SPA_OLD_MAXBLOCKSIZE;
+			char buf[64];
+
 			if (zpool_hdl != NULL) {
 				char state[64] = "";
 
+				maxbs = zpool_get_prop_int(zpool_hdl,
+				    ZPOOL_PROP_MAXBLOCKSIZE, NULL);
+
 				/*
 				 * Issue a warning but do not fail so that
-				 * tests for setable properties succeed.
+				 * tests for settable properties succeed.
 				 */
 				if (zpool_prop_get_feature(zpool_hdl,
 				    "feature@allocation_classes", state,
@@ -1248,15 +1255,17 @@ zfs_valid_proplist(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, zfs_type_t type, nvlist_t *nvl,
 			}
 			if (intval != 0 &&
 			    (intval < SPA_MINBLOCKSIZE ||
-			    intval > SPA_OLD_MAXBLOCKSIZE || !ISP2(intval))) {
+			    intval > maxbs || !ISP2(intval))) {
+				zfs_nicebytes(maxbs, buf, sizeof (buf));
 				zfs_error_aux(hdl, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
 				    "invalid '%s=%d' property: must be zero or "
-				    "a power of 2 from 512B to 128K"), propname,
-				    intval);
+				    "a power of 2 from 512B to %s"), propname,
+				    intval, buf);
 				(void) zfs_error(hdl, EZFS_BADPROP, errbuf);
 				goto error;
 			}
 			break;
+		}
 
 		case ZFS_PROP_MLSLABEL:
 		{
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index 1572ac9826..496363642b 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ This value represents the threshold block size for including small file
 blocks into the special allocation class. Blocks smaller than or equal to this
 value will be assigned to the special allocation class while greater blocks
 will be assigned to the regular class. Valid values are zero or a power of two
-from 512B up to 128K. The default size is 0 which means no small file blocks
+from 512B up to 1M. The default size is 0 which means no small file blocks
 will be allocated in the special class.
 .Pp
 Before setting this property, a special class vdev must be added to the
diff --git a/module/zcommon/zfs_prop.c b/module/zcommon/zfs_prop.c
index f1c4158388..cddf3e88db 100644
--- a/module/zcommon/zfs_prop.c
+++ b/module/zcommon/zfs_prop.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ zfs_prop_init(void)
 	    ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM, "512 to 1M, power of 2", "RECSIZE");
 	zprop_register_number(ZFS_PROP_SPECIAL_SMALL_BLOCKS,
 	    "special_small_blocks", 0, PROP_INHERIT, ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM,
-	    "zero or 512 to 128K, power of 2", "SPECIAL_SMALL_BLOCKS");
+	    "zero or 512 to 1M, power of 2", "SPECIAL_SMALL_BLOCKS");
 
 	/* hidden properties */
 	zprop_register_hidden(ZFS_PROP_NUMCLONES, "numclones", PROP_TYPE_NUMBER,
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/alloc_class/alloc_class_011_neg.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/alloc_class/alloc_class_011_neg.ksh
index fe1ae366a6..d804e5371e 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/alloc_class/alloc_class_011_neg.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/alloc_class/alloc_class_011_neg.ksh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #
 # DESCRIPTION:
 #	Setting the special_small_blocks property to invalid values fails.
+#	Powers of two from 512 to 1M are allowed.
 #
 
 verify_runnable "global"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ log_must disk_setup
 log_must zpool create $TESTPOOL raidz $ZPOOL_DISKS special mirror \
 	$CLASS_DISK0 $CLASS_DISK1
 
-for value in 256 1025 262144
+for value in 256 1025 2097152
 do
 	log_mustnot zfs set special_small_blocks=$value $TESTPOOL
 done