diff --git a/module/zfs/zil.c b/module/zfs/zil.c
index aaf509a2fc..0456d3801f 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zil.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zil.c
@@ -2848,7 +2848,14 @@ static void
 zil_commit_itx_assign(zilog_t *zilog, zil_commit_waiter_t *zcw)
 {
 	dmu_tx_t *tx = dmu_tx_create(zilog->zl_os);
-	VERIFY0(dmu_tx_assign(tx, TXG_WAIT));
+
+	/*
+	 * Since we are not going to create any new dirty data, and we
+	 * can even help with clearing the existing dirty data, we
+	 * should not be subject to the dirty data based delays. We
+	 * use TXG_NOTHROTTLE to bypass the delay mechanism.
+	 */
+	VERIFY0(dmu_tx_assign(tx, TXG_WAIT | TXG_NOTHROTTLE));
 
 	itx_t *itx = zil_itx_create(TX_COMMIT, sizeof (lr_t));
 	itx->itx_sync = B_TRUE;