diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index a419e144c..948989070 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ zfs_rewrite(znode_t *zp, uint64_t off, uint64_t len, uint64_t flags,
 		error = dmu_buf_hold_array_by_dnode(dn, off, n, TRUE, FTAG,
 		    &numbufs, &dbp, DMU_READ_PREFETCH);
 		if (error) {
-			dmu_tx_abort(tx);
+			dmu_tx_commit(tx);
 			break;
 		}
 		for (int i = 0; i < numbufs; i++) {