diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_send.c b/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
index d654382237..0658e13c2d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_send.c
@@ -2054,6 +2054,8 @@ setup_to_thread(struct send_thread_arg *to_arg, objset_t *to_os,
 	to_arg->flags = TRAVERSE_PRE | TRAVERSE_PREFETCH_METADATA;
 	if (rawok)
 		to_arg->flags |= TRAVERSE_NO_DECRYPT;
+	if (zfs_send_corrupt_data)
+		to_arg->flags |= TRAVERSE_HARD;
 	to_arg->num_blocks_visited = &dssp->dss_blocks;
 	(void) thread_create(NULL, 0, send_traverse_thread, to_arg, 0,
 	    curproc, TS_RUN, minclsyspri);