diff --git a/include/sys/dmu.h b/include/sys/dmu.h
index 615ba8fe74..06b4dc27df 100644
--- a/include/sys/dmu.h
+++ b/include/sys/dmu.h
@@ -1072,8 +1072,7 @@ int dmu_offset_next(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, boolean_t hole,
 int dmu_read_l0_bps(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
     uint64_t length, struct blkptr *bps, size_t *nbpsp);
 int dmu_brt_clone(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
-    uint64_t length, dmu_tx_t *tx, const struct blkptr *bps, size_t nbps,
-    boolean_t replay);
+    uint64_t length, dmu_tx_t *tx, const struct blkptr *bps, size_t nbps);
 
 /*
  * Initial setup and final teardown.
diff --git a/module/zfs/brt.c b/module/zfs/brt.c
index b0529521ec..759bc8d2e2 100644
--- a/module/zfs/brt.c
+++ b/module/zfs/brt.c
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@
  * destination dataset is mounted and its ZIL replayed.
  * To address this situation we leverage zil_claim() mechanism where ZFS will
  * parse all the ZILs on pool import. When we come across TX_CLONE_RANGE
- * entries, we will bump reference counters for their BPs in the BRT and then
- * on mount and ZIL replay we will just attach BPs to the file without
- * bumping reference counters.
- * Note it is still possible that after zil_claim() we never mount the
- * destination, so we never replay its ZIL and we destroy it. This way we would
- * end up with leaked references in BRT. We address that too as ZFS gives us
- * a chance to clean this up on dataset destroy (see zil_free_clone_range()).
+ * entries, we will bump reference counters for their BPs in the BRT.  Then
+ * on mount and ZIL replay we bump the reference counters once more, while the
+ * first references are dropped during ZIL destroy by zil_free_clone_range().
+ * It is possible that after zil_claim() we never mount the destination, so
+ * we never replay its ZIL and just destroy it.  In this case the only taken
+ * references will be dropped by zil_free_clone_range(), since the cloning is
+ * not going to ever take place.
  */
 
 static kmem_cache_t *brt_entry_cache;
diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu.c b/module/zfs/dmu.c
index ddb29020b0..3f626031de 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu.c
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ out:
 
 int
 dmu_brt_clone(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset, uint64_t length,
-    dmu_tx_t *tx, const blkptr_t *bps, size_t nbps, boolean_t replay)
+    dmu_tx_t *tx, const blkptr_t *bps, size_t nbps)
 {
 	spa_t *spa;
 	dmu_buf_t **dbp, *dbuf;
@@ -2341,10 +2341,8 @@ dmu_brt_clone(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset, uint64_t length,
 		 * When data in embedded into BP there is no need to create
 		 * BRT entry as there is no data block. Just copy the BP as
 		 * it contains the data.
-		 * Also, when replaying ZIL we don't want to bump references
-		 * in the BRT as it was already done during ZIL claim.
 		 */
-		if (!replay && !BP_IS_HOLE(bp) && !BP_IS_EMBEDDED(bp)) {
+		if (!BP_IS_HOLE(bp) && !BP_IS_EMBEDDED(bp)) {
 			brt_pending_add(spa, bp, tx);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index 84e6b10ef3..3a5fa75df2 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ zfs_clone_range(znode_t *inzp, uint64_t *inoffp, znode_t *outzp,
 		}
 
 		error = dmu_brt_clone(outos, outzp->z_id, outoff, size, tx,
-		    bps, nbps, B_FALSE);
+		    bps, nbps);
 		if (error != 0) {
 			dmu_tx_commit(tx);
 			break;
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ zfs_clone_range_replay(znode_t *zp, uint64_t off, uint64_t len, uint64_t blksz,
 	if (zp->z_blksz < blksz)
 		zfs_grow_blocksize(zp, blksz, tx);
 
-	dmu_brt_clone(zfsvfs->z_os, zp->z_id, off, len, tx, bps, nbps, B_TRUE);
+	dmu_brt_clone(zfsvfs->z_os, zp->z_id, off, len, tx, bps, nbps);
 
 	zfs_tstamp_update_setup(zp, CONTENT_MODIFIED, mtime, ctime);