diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_queue.c b/module/zfs/vdev_queue.c
index 06d22f6df4..cc5b15b8c0 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_queue.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_queue.c
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ static zio_t *
 vdev_queue_aggregate(vdev_queue_t *vq, zio_t *zio)
 {
 	zio_t *first, *last, *aio, *dio, *mandatory, *nio;
-	zio_link_t *zl = NULL;
 	uint64_t maxgap = 0;
 	uint64_t size;
 	uint64_t limit;
@@ -797,19 +796,12 @@ vdev_queue_aggregate(vdev_queue_t *vq, zio_t *zio)
 	ASSERT3U(abd_get_size(aio->io_abd), ==, aio->io_size);
 
 	/*
-	 * We need to drop the vdev queue's lock during zio_execute() to
-	 * avoid a deadlock that we could encounter due to lock order
-	 * reversal between vq_lock and io_lock in zio_change_priority().
+	 * Callers must call zio_vdev_io_bypass() and zio_execute() for
+	 * aggregated (parent) I/Os so that we could avoid dropping the
+	 * queue's lock here to avoid a deadlock that we could encounter
+	 * due to lock order reversal between vq_lock and io_lock in
+	 * zio_change_priority().
 	 */
-	mutex_exit(&vq->vq_lock);
-	while ((dio = zio_walk_parents(aio, &zl)) != NULL) {
-		ASSERT3U(dio->io_type, ==, aio->io_type);
-
-		zio_vdev_io_bypass(dio);
-		zio_execute(dio);
-	}
-	mutex_enter(&vq->vq_lock);
-
 	return (aio);
 }
 
@@ -847,23 +839,24 @@ again:
 	ASSERT3U(zio->io_priority, ==, p);
 
 	aio = vdev_queue_aggregate(vq, zio);
-	if (aio != NULL)
+	if (aio != NULL) {
 		zio = aio;
-	else
+	} else {
 		vdev_queue_io_remove(vq, zio);
 
-	/*
-	 * If the I/O is or was optional and therefore has no data, we need to
-	 * simply discard it. We need to drop the vdev queue's lock to avoid a
-	 * deadlock that we could encounter since this I/O will complete
-	 * immediately.
-	 */
-	if (zio->io_flags & ZIO_FLAG_NODATA) {
-		mutex_exit(&vq->vq_lock);
-		zio_vdev_io_bypass(zio);
-		zio_execute(zio);
-		mutex_enter(&vq->vq_lock);
-		goto again;
+		/*
+		 * If the I/O is or was optional and therefore has no data, we
+		 * need to simply discard it. We need to drop the vdev queue's
+		 * lock to avoid a deadlock that we could encounter since this
+		 * I/O will complete immediately.
+		 */
+		if (zio->io_flags & ZIO_FLAG_NODATA) {
+			mutex_exit(&vq->vq_lock);
+			zio_vdev_io_bypass(zio);
+			zio_execute(zio);
+			mutex_enter(&vq->vq_lock);
+			goto again;
+		}
 	}
 
 	vdev_queue_pending_add(vq, zio);
@@ -876,7 +869,8 @@ zio_t *
 vdev_queue_io(zio_t *zio)
 {
 	vdev_queue_t *vq = &zio->io_vd->vdev_queue;
-	zio_t *nio;
+	zio_t *dio, *nio;
+	zio_link_t *zl = NULL;
 
 	if (zio->io_flags & ZIO_FLAG_DONT_QUEUE)
 		return (zio);
@@ -923,6 +917,11 @@ vdev_queue_io(zio_t *zio)
 		return (NULL);
 
 	if (nio->io_done == vdev_queue_agg_io_done) {
+		while ((dio = zio_walk_parents(nio, &zl)) != NULL) {
+			ASSERT3U(dio->io_type, ==, nio->io_type);
+			zio_vdev_io_bypass(dio);
+			zio_execute(dio);
+		}
 		zio_nowait(nio);
 		return (NULL);
 	}
@@ -934,7 +933,8 @@ void
 vdev_queue_io_done(zio_t *zio)
 {
 	vdev_queue_t *vq = &zio->io_vd->vdev_queue;
-	zio_t *nio;
+	zio_t *dio, *nio;
+	zio_link_t *zl = NULL;
 
 	hrtime_t now = gethrtime();
 	vq->vq_io_complete_ts = now;
@@ -946,6 +946,11 @@ vdev_queue_io_done(zio_t *zio)
 	while ((nio = vdev_queue_io_to_issue(vq)) != NULL) {
 		mutex_exit(&vq->vq_lock);
 		if (nio->io_done == vdev_queue_agg_io_done) {
+			while ((dio = zio_walk_parents(nio, &zl)) != NULL) {
+				ASSERT3U(dio->io_type, ==, nio->io_type);
+				zio_vdev_io_bypass(dio);
+				zio_execute(dio);
+			}
 			zio_nowait(nio);
 		} else {
 			zio_vdev_io_reissue(nio);