diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 3dc54f1d7..b8eff58bc 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ typedef struct kmutex {
 } kmutex_t;
 
 #define	MUTEX_DEFAULT	0
+#define	MUTEX_FSTRANS	MUTEX_DEFAULT
 #define	MUTEX_HELD(m)	((m)->m_owner == curthread)
 #define	MUTEX_NOT_HELD(m) (!MUTEX_HELD(m))
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index 800394c21..070d85aaf 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ retry:
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BUF_LOCKS; i++) {
 		mutex_init(&buf_hash_table.ht_locks[i].ht_lock,
-		    NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
+		    NULL, MUTEX_FSTRANS, NULL);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/module/zfs/dbuf.c b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
index 9be69b5ae..277e5439e 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dbuf.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dbuf.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ retry:
 	    0, dbuf_cons, dbuf_dest, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < DBUF_MUTEXES; i++)
-		mutex_init(&h->hash_mutexes[i], NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
+		mutex_init(&h->hash_mutexes[i], NULL, MUTEX_FSTRANS, NULL);
 
 	dbuf_stats_init(h);
 }