diff --git a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
index 0b5c47b08c..eb91311904 100644
--- a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
+++ b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
@@ -1221,13 +1221,26 @@ label_paths(libpc_handle_t *hdl, nvlist_t *label, const char **path,
 	nvlist_t *nvroot;
 	uint64_t pool_guid;
 	uint64_t vdev_guid;
+	uint64_t state;
 
 	*path = NULL;
 	*devid = NULL;
+	if (nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_GUID, &vdev_guid) != 0)
+		return (ENOENT);
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of spare or l2cache, we directly return path/devid from the
+	 * label.
+	 */
+	if (!(nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_STATE, &state)) &&
+	    (state == POOL_STATE_SPARE || state == POOL_STATE_L2CACHE)) {
+		(void) nvlist_lookup_string(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_PATH, path);
+		(void) nvlist_lookup_string(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_DEVID, devid);
+		return (0);
+	}
 
 	if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE, &nvroot) ||
-	    nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_GUID, &pool_guid) ||
-	    nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_GUID, &vdev_guid))
+	    nvlist_lookup_uint64(label, ZPOOL_CONFIG_POOL_GUID, &pool_guid))
 		return (ENOENT);
 
 	return (label_paths_impl(hdl, nvroot, pool_guid, vdev_guid, path,