diff --git a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 5662255875..a8291872cd 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ extern void kstat_delete(kstat_t *);
 #define	KM_SLEEP		UMEM_NOFAIL
 #define	KM_PUSHPAGE		KM_SLEEP
 #define	KM_NOSLEEP		UMEM_DEFAULT
+#define	KM_NODEBUG		0x0
 #define	KMC_NODEBUG		UMC_NODEBUG
 #define	kmem_alloc(_s, _f)	umem_alloc(_s, _f)
 #define	kmem_zalloc(_s, _f)	umem_zalloc(_s, _f)
diff --git a/module/zfs/zil.c b/module/zfs/zil.c
index db3822f5a8..605a981e86 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zil.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zil.c
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ 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);
+	itx = kmem_alloc(offsetof(itx_t, itx_lr)+lrsize, KM_SLEEP|KM_NODEBUG);
 	itx->itx_lr.lrc_txtype = txtype;
 	itx->itx_lr.lrc_reclen = lrsize;
 	itx->itx_sod = lrsize; /* if write & WR_NEED_COPY will be increased */