diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index 9a81b4c59..6c625c108 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -5530,7 +5530,7 @@ l2arc_init(void)
 	mutex_init(&l2arc_feed_thr_lock, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	cv_init(&l2arc_feed_thr_cv, NULL, CV_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	mutex_init(&l2arc_dev_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
-	mutex_init(&l2arc_buflist_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
+	mutex_init(&l2arc_buflist_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_FSTRANS, NULL);
 	mutex_init(&l2arc_free_on_write_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
 
 	l2arc_dev_list = &L2ARC_dev_list;