diff --git a/include/sys/zio_compress.h b/include/sys/zio_compress.h
index 691d7b6244..d0caee279f 100644
--- a/include/sys/zio_compress.h
+++ b/include/sys/zio_compress.h
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ extern size_t zio_compress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void **dst,
     size_t s_len, uint8_t level);
 extern int zio_decompress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void *dst,
     size_t s_len, size_t d_len, uint8_t *level);
-extern int zio_decompress_data_buf(enum zio_compress c, void *src, void *dst,
-    size_t s_len, size_t d_len, uint8_t *level);
 extern int zio_compress_to_feature(enum zio_compress comp);
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio_compress.c b/module/zfs/zio_compress.c
index c3bceababa..1d448b0026 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio_compress.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio_compress.c
@@ -161,26 +161,22 @@ zio_compress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void **dst, size_t s_len,
 }
 
 int
-zio_decompress_data_buf(enum zio_compress c, void *src, void *dst,
+zio_decompress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void *dst,
     size_t s_len, size_t d_len, uint8_t *level)
 {
 	zio_compress_info_t *ci = &zio_compress_table[c];
 	if ((uint_t)c >= ZIO_COMPRESS_FUNCTIONS || ci->ci_decompress == NULL)
 		return (SET_ERROR(EINVAL));
 
+	void *sbuf = abd_borrow_buf_copy(src, s_len);
+
+	int err;
 	if (ci->ci_decompress_level != NULL && level != NULL)
-		return (ci->ci_decompress_level(src, dst, s_len, d_len, level));
+		err = ci->ci_decompress_level(sbuf, dst, s_len, d_len, level);
+	else
+		err = ci->ci_decompress(sbuf, dst, s_len, d_len, ci->ci_level);
 
-	return (ci->ci_decompress(src, dst, s_len, d_len, ci->ci_level));
-}
-
-int
-zio_decompress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void *dst,
-    size_t s_len, size_t d_len, uint8_t *level)
-{
-	void *tmp = abd_borrow_buf_copy(src, s_len);
-	int ret = zio_decompress_data_buf(c, tmp, dst, s_len, d_len, level);
-	abd_return_buf(src, tmp, s_len);
+	abd_return_buf(src, sbuf, s_len);
 
 	/*
 	 * Decompression shouldn't fail, because we've already verified
@@ -189,9 +185,9 @@ zio_decompress_data(enum zio_compress c, abd_t *src, void *dst,
 	 */
 	if (zio_decompress_fail_fraction != 0 &&
 	    random_in_range(zio_decompress_fail_fraction) == 0)
-		ret = SET_ERROR(EINVAL);
+		err = SET_ERROR(EINVAL);
 
-	return (ret);
+	return (err);
 }
 
 int