diff --git a/include/os/linux/zfs/sys/zfs_vfsops_os.h b/include/os/linux/zfs/sys/zfs_vfsops_os.h
index ab46d5f8c..90fd0fb3c 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/zfs/sys/zfs_vfsops_os.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/zfs/sys/zfs_vfsops_os.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013, 2018 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, TrueNAS.
  */
 
 #ifndef	_SYS_FS_ZFS_VFSOPS_H
@@ -245,6 +246,9 @@ extern int zfsvfs_create_impl(zfsvfs_t **zfvp, zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs, objset_t *os);
 extern void zfsvfs_free(zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs);
 extern int zfs_check_global_label(const char *dsname, const char *hexsl);
 
+extern vfs_t *zfsvfs_vfs_alloc(void);
+extern void zfsvfs_vfs_free(vfs_t *vfsp);
+
 extern boolean_t zfs_is_readonly(zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs);
 extern int zfs_domount(struct super_block *sb, zfs_mnt_t *zm, int silent);
 extern void zfs_preumount(struct super_block *sb);
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vfsops.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vfsops.c
index 8a7d14ab6..b38a9fac5 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vfsops.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026, TrueNAS.
  */
 
 /* Portions Copyright 2010 Robert Milkowski */
@@ -110,7 +111,15 @@ static const match_table_t zpl_tokens = {
 	{ TOKEN_LAST,		NULL },
 };
 
-static void
+vfs_t *
+zfsvfs_vfs_alloc(void)
+{
+	vfs_t *vfsp = kmem_zalloc(sizeof (vfs_t), KM_SLEEP);
+	mutex_init(&vfsp->vfs_mntpt_lock, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
+	return (vfsp);
+}
+
+void
 zfsvfs_vfs_free(vfs_t *vfsp)
 {
 	if (vfsp != NULL) {
@@ -220,8 +229,7 @@ zfsvfs_parse_options(char *mntopts, vfs_t **vfsp)
 	vfs_t *tmp_vfsp;
 	int error;
 
-	tmp_vfsp = kmem_zalloc(sizeof (vfs_t), KM_SLEEP);
-	mutex_init(&tmp_vfsp->vfs_mntpt_lock, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
+	tmp_vfsp = zfsvfs_vfs_alloc();
 
 	if (mntopts != NULL) {
 		substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];