diff --git a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
index d9709ae62..0ebd16f6d 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zfs/zfs_main.c
@@ -4338,7 +4338,11 @@ zfs_do_send(int argc, char **argv)
 		return (1);
 	}
 
-	cp = strchr(argv[0], '@');
+	if ((cp = strchr(argv[0], '@')) == NULL) {
+		(void) fprintf(stderr, gettext("Error: "
+		    "Unsupported flag with filesystem or bookmark.\n"));
+		return (1);
+	}
 	*cp = '\0';
 	toname = cp + 1;
 	zhp = zfs_open(g_zfs, argv[0], ZFS_TYPE_FILESYSTEM | ZFS_TYPE_VOLUME);
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index 885f263bf..9fdb99052 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -2422,6 +2422,10 @@ zfs_send(zfs_handle_t *zhp, const char *fromsnap, const char *tosnap,
 		}
 		zfs_handle_t *tosnap = zfs_open(zhp->zfs_hdl,
 		    full_tosnap_name, ZFS_TYPE_SNAPSHOT);
+		if (tosnap == NULL) {
+			err = -1;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
 		err = send_prelim_records(tosnap, fromsnap, outfd,
 		    flags->replicate || flags->props || flags->holds,
 		    flags->replicate, flags->verbosity > 0, flags->dryrun,
@@ -2707,6 +2711,8 @@ zfs_send_one(zfs_handle_t *zhp, const char *from, int fd, sendflags_t *flags,
 	if (from != NULL && strchr(from, '@')) {
 		zfs_handle_t *from_zhp = zfs_open(hdl, from,
 		    ZFS_TYPE_DATASET);
+		if (from_zhp == NULL)
+			return (-1);
 		if (!snapshot_is_before(from_zhp, zhp)) {
 			zfs_close(from_zhp);
 			zfs_error_aux(hdl, dgettext(TEXT_DOMAIN,