diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_iter.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_iter.c
index e5140f2e1..5c1cf966a 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_iter.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_iter.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2014 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -192,9 +192,6 @@ zfs_iter_bookmarks(zfs_handle_t *zhp, zfs_iter_f func, void *data)
 	fnvlist_add_boolean(props, zfs_prop_to_name(ZFS_PROP_CREATETXG));
 	fnvlist_add_boolean(props, zfs_prop_to_name(ZFS_PROP_CREATION));
 
-	/* Allocate an nvlist to hold the bookmarks. */
-	bmarks = fnvlist_alloc();
-
 	if ((err = lzc_get_bookmarks(zhp->zfs_name, props, &bmarks)) != 0)
 		goto out;