diff --git a/include/sys/spa.h b/include/sys/spa.h
index fedadab459..07e09d1ec0 100644
--- a/include/sys/spa.h
+++ b/include/sys/spa.h
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ extern int bpobj_enqueue_free_cb(void *arg, const blkptr_t *bp, dmu_tx_t *tx);
 #define	SPA_ASYNC_L2CACHE_REBUILD		0x800
 #define	SPA_ASYNC_L2CACHE_TRIM			0x1000
 #define	SPA_ASYNC_REBUILD_DONE			0x2000
+#define	SPA_ASYNC_DETACH_SPARE			0x4000
 
 /* device manipulation */
 extern int spa_vdev_add(spa_t *spa, nvlist_t *nvroot);
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 1ed79eed3e..8bc51f7773 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -6987,7 +6987,7 @@ spa_vdev_attach(spa_t *spa, uint64_t guid, nvlist_t *nvroot, int replacing,
  * Detach a device from a mirror or replacing vdev.
  *
  * If 'replace_done' is specified, only detach if the parent
- * is a replacing vdev.
+ * is a replacing or a spare vdev.
  */
 int
 spa_vdev_detach(spa_t *spa, uint64_t guid, uint64_t pguid, int replace_done)
@@ -8210,7 +8210,8 @@ spa_async_thread(void *arg)
 	 * If any devices are done replacing, detach them.
 	 */
 	if (tasks & SPA_ASYNC_RESILVER_DONE ||
-	    tasks & SPA_ASYNC_REBUILD_DONE) {
+	    tasks & SPA_ASYNC_REBUILD_DONE ||
+	    tasks & SPA_ASYNC_DETACH_SPARE) {
 		spa_vdev_resilver_done(spa);
 	}
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev.c b/module/zfs/vdev.c
index 4b9d7e7c05..ee0c1d862e 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev.c
@@ -4085,9 +4085,19 @@ vdev_online(spa_t *spa, uint64_t guid, uint64_t flags, vdev_state_t *newstate)
 
 	if (wasoffline ||
 	    (oldstate < VDEV_STATE_DEGRADED &&
-	    vd->vdev_state >= VDEV_STATE_DEGRADED))
+	    vd->vdev_state >= VDEV_STATE_DEGRADED)) {
 		spa_event_notify(spa, vd, NULL, ESC_ZFS_VDEV_ONLINE);
 
+		/*
+		 * Asynchronously detach spare vdev if resilver or
+		 * rebuild is not required
+		 */
+		if (vd->vdev_unspare &&
+		    !dsl_scan_resilvering(spa->spa_dsl_pool) &&
+		    !dsl_scan_resilver_scheduled(spa->spa_dsl_pool) &&
+		    !vdev_rebuild_active(tvd))
+			spa_async_request(spa, SPA_ASYNC_DETACH_SPARE);
+	}
 	return (spa_vdev_state_exit(spa, vd, 0));
 }