diff --git a/module/zfs/dsl_pool.c b/module/zfs/dsl_pool.c
index 108fc5299..908c44e70 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dsl_pool.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dsl_pool.c
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ dsl_pool_open_impl(spa_t *spa, uint64_t txg)
 	mutex_init(&dp->dp_lock, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	cv_init(&dp->dp_spaceavail_cv, NULL, CV_DEFAULT, NULL);
 
-	dp->dp_iput_taskq = taskq_create("zfs_iput_taskq", 1, minclsyspri,
-	    1, 4, 0);
+	dp->dp_iput_taskq = taskq_create("z_iput", max_ncpus, minclsyspri,
+	    max_ncpus * 8, INT_MAX, TASKQ_PREPOPULATE);
 
 	return (dp);
 }