diff --git a/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c b/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
index eee122aa6..b15c39ac9 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dsl_scan.c
@@ -3629,6 +3629,13 @@ count_block(dsl_scan_t *scn, zfs_all_blkstats_t *zab, const blkptr_t *bp)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	/*
+	 * Don't count embedded bp's, since we already did the work of
+	 * scanning these when we scanned the containing block.
+	 */
+	if (BP_IS_EMBEDDED(bp))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Update the spa's stats on how many bytes we have issued.
 	 * Sequential scrubs create a zio for each DVA of the bp. Each