diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
index e7b4b6e16783..7449eb896cc4 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_pool.c
@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@ vdev_to_nvlist_iter(nvlist_t *nv, nvlist_t *search, boolean_t *avail_spare,
 			if (zfs_strcmp_pathname(srchval, val, wholedisk) == 0)
 				return (nv);
 
-		} else if (strcmp(srchkey, ZPOOL_CONFIG_TYPE) == 0 && val) {
+		} else if (strcmp(srchkey, ZPOOL_CONFIG_TYPE) == 0) {
 			char *type, *idx, *end, *p;
 			uint64_t id, vdev_id;