diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index f51b20cfa5ba..7ccccf2e2a84 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ max_width(zpool_handle_t *zhp, nvlist_t *nv, int depth, int max,
 	uint_t c, children;
 	int ret;
 
-	name = zpool_vdev_name(g_zfs, zhp, nv, name_flags | VDEV_NAME_TYPE_ID);
+	name = zpool_vdev_name(g_zfs, zhp, nv, name_flags);
 	if (strlen(name) + depth > max)
 		max = strlen(name) + depth;
 
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ show_import(nvlist_t *config)
 
 	(void) printf(gettext(" config:\n\n"));
 
-	namewidth = max_width(NULL, nvroot, 0, 0, 0);
+	namewidth = max_width(NULL, nvroot, 0, 0, VDEV_NAME_TYPE_ID);
 	if (namewidth < 10)
 		namewidth = 10;
 
@@ -5981,7 +5981,8 @@ status_callback(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 		    ZPOOL_CONFIG_SCAN_STATS, (uint64_t **)&ps, &c);
 		print_scan_status(ps);
 
-		namewidth = max_width(zhp, nvroot, 0, 0, cbp->cb_name_flags);
+		namewidth = max_width(zhp, nvroot, 0, 0, cbp->cb_name_flags |
+		    VDEV_NAME_TYPE_ID);
 		if (namewidth < 10)
 			namewidth = 10;