diff --git a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index 5836549d200a..5523f6206fbc 100644
--- a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ traverse_dnode(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	if (dnp->dn_flags & DNODE_FLAG_SPILL_BLKPTR) {
+	if (err == 0 && dnp->dn_flags & DNODE_FLAG_SPILL_BLKPTR) {
 		SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, objset, object, 0, DMU_SPILL_BLKID);
 		err = traverse_visitbp(td, dnp, &dnp->dn_spill, &czb);
 	}