diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 87a30f54fe..6d29d798c6 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -4218,6 +4218,12 @@ zfs_setup_cmdline_props(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, zfs_type_t type,
 			 */
 			if (!zfs_prop_valid_for_type(prop, type, B_FALSE) &&
 			    !zfs_prop_user(name)) {
+				if (type == ZFS_TYPE_VOLUME &&
+				    strncmp("mountpoint", name, 10) == 0) {
+					// Don't complain about '-x mountpoint'
+					// applied to a volume.
+					continue;
+				}
 				(void) fprintf(stderr, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,
 				    "Warning: %s: property '%s' does not "
 				    "apply to datasets of this type\n"),