diff --git a/module/zfs/dnode.c b/module/zfs/dnode.c
index 7d82ca5c0f..1a5b456aa4 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dnode.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dnode.c
@@ -283,13 +283,6 @@ dnode_create(objset_impl_t *os, dnode_phys_t *dnp, dmu_buf_impl_t *db,
 	dn->dn_dbuf = db;
 	dn->dn_phys = dnp;
 
-	list_link_init(&dn->dn_link);
-	{
-		int i;
-		for (i = 0; i < TXG_SIZE; i++)
-			list_link_init(&dn->dn_dirty_link[i]);
-	}
-
 	if (dnp->dn_datablkszsec)
 		dnode_setdblksz(dn, dnp->dn_datablkszsec << SPA_MINBLOCKSHIFT);
 	dn->dn_indblkshift = dnp->dn_indblkshift;