diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 8d809acb21..d7d93c4da3 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation.
  * Copyright (c) 2019, loli10K <ezomori.nozomu@gmail.com>
  * Copyright (c) 2021, Colm Buckley <colm@tuatha.org>
+ * Copyright [2021] Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -2379,6 +2380,10 @@ print_status_config(zpool_handle_t *zhp, status_cbdata_t *cb, const char *name,
 			(void) printf(gettext("all children offline"));
 			break;
 
+		case VDEV_AUX_BAD_LABEL:
+			(void) printf(gettext("invalid label"));
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			(void) printf(gettext("corrupted data"));
 			break;
@@ -2521,6 +2526,10 @@ print_import_config(status_cbdata_t *cb, const char *name, nvlist_t *nv,
 			(void) printf(gettext("all children offline"));
 			break;
 
+		case VDEV_AUX_BAD_LABEL:
+			(void) printf(gettext("invalid label"));
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			(void) printf(gettext("corrupted data"));
 			break;
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev.c b/module/zfs/vdev.c
index d00782d934..5e14d71f19 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
  * Copyright 2017 Joyent, Inc.
  * Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation.
  * Copyright (c) 2019, Datto Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright [2021] Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
  */
 
 #include <sys/zfs_context.h>
@@ -2222,7 +2223,7 @@ vdev_validate(vdev_t *vd)
 		txg = spa_last_synced_txg(spa);
 
 	if ((label = vdev_label_read_config(vd, txg)) == NULL) {
-		vdev_set_state(vd, B_TRUE, VDEV_STATE_CANT_OPEN,
+		vdev_set_state(vd, B_FALSE, VDEV_STATE_CANT_OPEN,
 		    VDEV_AUX_BAD_LABEL);
 		vdev_dbgmsg(vd, "vdev_validate: failed reading config for "
 		    "txg %llu", (u_longlong_t)txg);