diff --git a/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c b/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
index 25c8ac6b1..fce6d3c1a 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dsl_dataset.c
@@ -3854,6 +3854,11 @@ dsl_dataset_user_release_sync(void *arg1, void *tag, dmu_tx_t *tx)
 	VERIFY(error == 0 || error == ENOENT);
 	zapobj = ds->ds_phys->ds_userrefs_obj;
 	VERIFY(0 == zap_remove(mos, zapobj, ra->htag, tx));
+
+	spa_history_log_internal(LOG_DS_USER_RELEASE,
+	    dp->dp_spa, tx, "<%s> %lld dataset = %llu",
+	    ra->htag, (longlong_t)refs, dsobj);
+
 	if (ds->ds_userrefs == 0 && ds->ds_phys->ds_num_children == 1 &&
 	    DS_IS_DEFER_DESTROY(ds)) {
 		struct dsl_ds_destroyarg dsda = {0};
@@ -3864,10 +3869,6 @@ dsl_dataset_user_release_sync(void *arg1, void *tag, dmu_tx_t *tx)
 		/* We already did the destroy_check */
 		dsl_dataset_destroy_sync(&dsda, tag, tx);
 	}
-
-	spa_history_log_internal(LOG_DS_USER_RELEASE,
-	    dp->dp_spa, tx, "<%s> %lld dataset = %llu",
-	    ra->htag, (longlong_t)refs, dsobj);
 }
 
 static int