diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_label.c b/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
index 043ece16c4c4..aeab374b8c4f 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_label.c
@@ -695,8 +695,8 @@ vdev_label_init(vdev_t *vd, uint64_t crtxg, vdev_labeltype_t reason)
 	 * Don't TRIM if removing so that we don't interfere with zpool
 	 * disaster recovery.
 	 */
-	if (reason == VDEV_LABEL_CREATE || reason == VDEV_LABEL_SPARE
-	    || reason == VDEV_LABEL_L2CACHE)
+	if (!zfs_notrim && (reason == VDEV_LABEL_CREATE ||
+	    reason == VDEV_LABEL_SPARE || reason == VDEV_LABEL_L2CACHE))
 		zio_wait(zio_trim(NULL, spa, vd, 0, vd->vdev_psize));
 
 	/*