diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index f80e9fbaea..9f2f49e7d5 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ struct traverse_visitbp_data {
 	int tv_lasterr;
 	int tv_i;
 	int tv_epb;
-#ifdef DEBUG
 	int tv_depth;
-#endif
 };
 
 static inline int traverse_visitbp(struct traverse_data *td, const