diff --git a/include/sys/dmu.h b/include/sys/dmu.h
index 10e29a45c8..942ab9b108 100644
--- a/include/sys/dmu.h
+++ b/include/sys/dmu.h
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ int dmu_spill_hold_existing(dmu_buf_t *bonus, void *tag, dmu_buf_t **dbp);
  */
 int dmu_buf_hold(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
     void *tag, dmu_buf_t **, int flags);
+int dmu_buf_hold_array(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
+    uint64_t length, int read, void *tag, int *numbufsp, dmu_buf_t ***dbpp);
 int dmu_buf_hold_by_dnode(dnode_t *dn, uint64_t offset,
     void *tag, dmu_buf_t **dbp, int flags);
 int dmu_buf_hold_array_by_dnode(dnode_t *dn, uint64_t offset,
diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/dmu_os.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/dmu_os.c
index 2cf54a3cef..38488dbda6 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/dmu_os.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/dmu_os.c
@@ -78,25 +78,6 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #define	dmu_page_unlock(m)
 #endif
 
-static int
-dmu_buf_hold_array(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
-    uint64_t length, int read, void *tag, int *numbufsp, dmu_buf_t ***dbpp)
-{
-	dnode_t *dn;
-	int err;
-
-	err = dnode_hold(os, object, FTAG, &dn);
-	if (err)
-		return (err);
-
-	err = dmu_buf_hold_array_by_dnode(dn, offset, length, read, tag,
-	    numbufsp, dbpp, DMU_READ_PREFETCH);
-
-	dnode_rele(dn, FTAG);
-
-	return (err);
-}
-
 int
 dmu_write_pages(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset, uint64_t size,
     vm_page_t *ma, dmu_tx_t *tx)
diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu.c b/module/zfs/dmu.c
index de6bd58abc..b29d82fd79 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ dmu_buf_hold_array_by_dnode(dnode_t *dn, uint64_t offset, uint64_t length,
 	return (0);
 }
 
-static int
+int
 dmu_buf_hold_array(objset_t *os, uint64_t object, uint64_t offset,
     uint64_t length, int read, void *tag, int *numbufsp, dmu_buf_t ***dbpp)
 {