diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
index f7ebe4e096..8afa222dea 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ abd_alloc_zero_scatter(void)
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_offset = 0;
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_nents = nr_pages;
 	abd_zero_scatter->abd_size = SPA_MAXBLOCKSIZE;
-	zfs_refcount_create(&abd_zero_scatter->abd_children);
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_sgl = vmem_alloc(nr_pages *
 	    sizeof (struct scatterlist), KM_SLEEP);