diff --git a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
index d0bebbe60..fc6e3fff0 100644
--- a/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
+++ b/cmd/zdb/zdb.c
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@
 #ifndef lint
 extern int zfs_recover;
 extern uint64_t zfs_arc_max, zfs_arc_meta_limit;
+extern int zfs_vdev_async_read_max_active;
 #else
 int zfs_recover;
 uint64_t zfs_arc_max, zfs_arc_meta_limit;
+int zfs_vdev_async_read_max_active;
 #endif
 
 const char cmdname[] = "zdb";
@@ -2513,8 +2515,14 @@ zdb_blkptr_cb(spa_t *spa, zilog_t *zilog, const blkptr_t *bp,
 
 	zcb->zcb_readfails = 0;
 
-	if (dump_opt['b'] < 5 &&
-	    gethrtime() > zcb->zcb_lastprint + NANOSEC) {
+	/* only call gethrtime() every 100 blocks */
+	static int iters;
+	if (++iters > 100)
+		iters = 0;
+	else
+		return (0);
+
+	if (dump_opt['b'] < 5 && gethrtime() > zcb->zcb_lastprint + NANOSEC) {
 		uint64_t now = gethrtime();
 		char buf[10];
 		uint64_t bytes = zcb->zcb_type[ZB_TOTAL][ZDB_OT_TOTAL].zb_asize;
@@ -2625,6 +2633,14 @@ zdb_leak_init(spa_t *spa, zdb_cb_t *zcb)
 					    (longlong_t)vd->vdev_ms_count);
 
 					msp->ms_ops = &zdb_metaslab_ops;
+
+					/*
+					 * We don't want to spend the CPU
+					 * manipulating the size-ordered
+					 * tree, so clear the range_tree
+					 * ops.
+					 */
+					msp->ms_tree->rt_ops = NULL;
 					VERIFY0(space_map_load(msp->ms_sm,
 					    msp->ms_tree, SM_ALLOC));
 					msp->ms_loaded = B_TRUE;
@@ -3675,6 +3691,13 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	zfs_arc_max = zfs_arc_meta_limit = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * "zdb -c" uses checksum-verifying scrub i/os which are async reads.
+	 * "zdb -b" uses traversal prefetch which uses async reads.
+	 * For good performance, let several of them be active at once.
+	 */
+	zfs_vdev_async_read_max_active = 10;
+
 	kernel_init(FREAD);
 	if ((g_zfs = libzfs_init()) == NULL)
 		return (1);
diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index 21e34f822..8673132a0 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ typedef struct traverse_data {
 	int td_flags;
 	prefetch_data_t *td_pfd;
 	boolean_t td_paused;
+	uint64_t td_hole_birth_enabled_txg;
 	blkptr_cb_t *td_func;
 	void *td_arg;
 } traverse_data_t;
@@ -226,25 +227,20 @@ traverse_visitbp(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 	}
 
 	if (bp->blk_birth == 0) {
-		if (spa_feature_is_active(td->td_spa, SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH)) {
-			/*
-			 * Since this block has a birth time of 0 it must be a
-			 * hole created before the SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH
-			 * feature was enabled.  If SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH
-			 * was enabled before the min_txg for this traveral we
-			 * know the hole must have been created before the
-			 * min_txg for this traveral, so we can skip it. If
-			 * SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH was enabled after the min_txg
-			 * for this traveral we cannot tell if the hole was
-			 * created before or after the min_txg for this
-			 * traversal, so we cannot skip it.
-			 */
-			uint64_t hole_birth_enabled_txg;
-			VERIFY(spa_feature_enabled_txg(td->td_spa,
-			    SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH, &hole_birth_enabled_txg));
-			if (hole_birth_enabled_txg < td->td_min_txg)
-				return (0);
-		}
+		/*
+		 * Since this block has a birth time of 0 it must be a
+		 * hole created before the SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH
+		 * feature was enabled.  If SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH
+		 * was enabled before the min_txg for this traveral we
+		 * know the hole must have been created before the
+		 * min_txg for this traveral, so we can skip it. If
+		 * SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH was enabled after the min_txg
+		 * for this traveral we cannot tell if the hole was
+		 * created before or after the min_txg for this
+		 * traversal, so we cannot skip it.
+		 */
+		if (td->td_hole_birth_enabled_txg < td->td_min_txg)
+			return (0);
 	} else if (bp->blk_birth <= td->td_min_txg) {
 		return (0);
 	}
@@ -533,6 +529,13 @@ traverse_impl(spa_t *spa, dsl_dataset_t *ds, uint64_t objset, blkptr_t *rootbp,
 	td->td_flags = flags;
 	td->td_paused = B_FALSE;
 
+	if (spa_feature_is_active(spa, SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH)) {
+		VERIFY(spa_feature_enabled_txg(spa,
+		    SPA_FEATURE_HOLE_BIRTH, &td->td_hole_birth_enabled_txg));
+	} else {
+		td->td_hole_birth_enabled_txg = 0;
+	}
+
 	pd->pd_flags = flags;
 	mutex_init(&pd->pd_mtx, NULL, MUTEX_DEFAULT, NULL);
 	cv_init(&pd->pd_cv, NULL, CV_DEFAULT, NULL);