diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index 2fd836a4ae..40a6e64cf0 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -974,13 +974,13 @@ put_nvlist(zfs_cmd_t *zc, nvlist_t *nvl)
 	if (size > zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size) {
 		error = ENOMEM;
 	} else {
-		packed = vmem_alloc(size, KM_SLEEP);
+		packed = kmem_alloc(size, KM_SLEEP);
 		VERIFY(nvlist_pack(nvl, &packed, &size, NV_ENCODE_NATIVE,
 		    KM_SLEEP) == 0);
 		if (ddi_copyout(packed, (void *)(uintptr_t)zc->zc_nvlist_dst,
 		    size, zc->zc_iflags) != 0)
 			error = EFAULT;
-		vmem_free(packed, size);
+		kmem_free(packed, size);
 	}
 
 	zc->zc_nvlist_dst_size = size;
diff --git a/module/zfs/zil.c b/module/zfs/zil.c
index 9c0d647c98..7c04debd78 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zil.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zil.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ zil_itx_create(uint64_t txtype, size_t lrsize)
 
 	lrsize = P2ROUNDUP_TYPED(lrsize, sizeof (uint64_t), size_t);
 
-	itx = kmem_alloc(offsetof(itx_t, itx_lr)+lrsize, KM_SLEEP|KM_NODEBUG);
+	itx = kmem_alloc(offsetof(itx_t, itx_lr) + lrsize, KM_SLEEP);
 	itx->itx_lr.lrc_txtype = txtype;
 	itx->itx_lr.lrc_reclen = lrsize;
 	itx->itx_sod = lrsize; /* if write & WR_NEED_COPY will be increased */