diff --git a/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c b/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
index c0905abb46cbff..b7fce8b5578cd7 100644
--- a/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
+++ b/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
@@ -1788,6 +1788,9 @@ vdev_dtl_should_excise(vdev_t *vd)
 	ASSERT0(scn->scn_phys.scn_errors);
 	ASSERT0(vd->vdev_children);
 
+	if (vd->vdev_state < VDEV_STATE_DEGRADED)
+		return (B_FALSE);
+
 	if (vd->vdev_resilver_txg == 0 ||
 	    range_tree_space(vd->vdev_dtl[DTL_MISSING]) == 0)
 		return (B_TRUE);