diff --git a/module/zfs/zvol.c b/module/zfs/zvol.c
index 2f374b3d2030..4cffeb258398 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zvol.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zvol.c
@@ -785,7 +785,8 @@ zvol_write(void *arg)
 		if (bytes > volsize - off)	/* don't write past the end */
 			bytes = volsize - off;
 
-		dmu_tx_hold_write(tx, ZVOL_OBJ, off, bytes);
+    dmu_tx_hold_write_by_dnode(tx, zv->zv_dn, off, bytes);
+
 
 		/* This will only fail for ENOSPC */
 		error = dmu_tx_assign(tx, TXG_WAIT);