diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
index 01bf52fe9..1923934cd 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ctldir.c
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ zfsctl_inode_alloc(zfs_sb_t *zsb, uint64_t id,
 
 	mutex_enter(&zsb->z_znodes_lock);
 	list_insert_tail(&zsb->z_all_znodes, zp);
+	zsb->z_nr_znodes++;
 	membar_producer();
 	mutex_exit(&zsb->z_znodes_lock);