diff --git a/include/spl/sys/mutex.h b/include/spl/sys/mutex.h
index ed0cd4932cfa..a61f35c61eb1 100644
--- a/include/spl/sys/mutex.h
+++ b/include/spl/sys/mutex.h
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ spl_mutex_lockdep_on_maybe(kmutex_t *mp)			\
 })
 /* END CSTYLED */
 
+#define	NESTED_SINGLE 1
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 #define	mutex_enter_nested(mp, subclass)			\
 {								\
diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 224f5cb83177..60a248486744 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ extern void mutex_enter(kmutex_t *mp);
 extern void mutex_exit(kmutex_t *mp);
 extern int mutex_tryenter(kmutex_t *mp);
 
+#define	NESTED_SINGLE 1
+#define	mutex_enter_nested(mp, class) mutex_enter(mp)
 /*
  * RW locks
  */
diff --git a/module/zfs/dbuf.c b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
index 31b9b1481b86..4d347b6f42ca 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dbuf.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
@@ -2690,7 +2690,8 @@ dbuf_destroy(dmu_buf_impl_t *db)
 	if (db->db_blkid != DMU_BONUS_BLKID) {
 		boolean_t needlock = !MUTEX_HELD(&dn->dn_dbufs_mtx);
 		if (needlock)
-			mutex_enter(&dn->dn_dbufs_mtx);
+			mutex_enter_nested(&dn->dn_dbufs_mtx,
+			    NESTED_SINGLE);
 		avl_remove(&dn->dn_dbufs, db);
 		atomic_dec_32(&dn->dn_dbufs_count);
 		membar_producer();