diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index 1dfe1cf4d74..05d79c2fa91 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -5925,7 +5925,6 @@ zfs_vptocnp(struct vop_vptocnp_args *ap)
 	vnode_t *vp = ap->a_vp;;
 	zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs = vp->v_vfsp->vfs_data;
 	znode_t *zp = VTOZ(vp);
-	uint64_t parent;
 	int ltype;
 	int error;
 
@@ -5936,13 +5935,7 @@ zfs_vptocnp(struct vop_vptocnp_args *ap)
 	 * If we are a snapshot mounted under .zfs, run the operation
 	 * on the covered vnode.
 	 */
-	if ((error = sa_lookup(zp->z_sa_hdl,
-	    SA_ZPL_PARENT(zfsvfs), &parent, sizeof (parent))) != 0) {
-		ZFS_EXIT(zfsvfs);
-		return (error);
-	}
-
-	if (zp->z_id != parent || zfsvfs->z_parent == zfsvfs) {
+	if (zp->z_id != zfsvfs->z_root || zfsvfs->z_parent == zfsvfs) {
 		char name[MAXNAMLEN + 1];
 		znode_t *dzp;
 		size_t len;