diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index fe47d714a..0a09c443b 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -6508,16 +6508,17 @@ arc_init(void)
 	/* Set max to 1/2 of all memory */
 	arc_c_max = allmem / 2;
 
+#ifdef	_KERNEL
+	/* Set min cache to 1/32 of all memory, or 32MB, whichever is more */
+	arc_c_min = MAX(allmem / 32, 2ULL << SPA_MAXBLOCKSHIFT);
+#else
 	/*
 	 * In userland, there's only the memory pressure that we artificially
 	 * create (see arc_available_memory()).  Don't let arc_c get too
 	 * small, because it can cause transactions to be larger than
 	 * arc_c, causing arc_tempreserve_space() to fail.
 	 */
-#ifndef	_KERNEL
 	arc_c_min = MAX(arc_c_max / 2, 2ULL << SPA_MAXBLOCKSHIFT);
-#else
-	arc_c_min = 2ULL << SPA_MAXBLOCKSHIFT;
 #endif
 
 	arc_c = arc_c_max;