diff --git a/module/nvpair/nvpair.c b/module/nvpair/nvpair.c
index dffb226a23..24ef61e936 100644
--- a/module/nvpair/nvpair.c
+++ b/module/nvpair/nvpair.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,7 @@ nvpair_type_is_array(nvpair_t *nvp)
 	data_type_t type = NVP_TYPE(nvp);
 
 	if ((type == DATA_TYPE_BYTE_ARRAY) ||
+	    (type == DATA_TYPE_INT8_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_UINT8_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_INT16_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_UINT16_ARRAY) ||