diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/spa.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/spa.c
index 880b18f9643..d20633aca81 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/spa.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Martin Matuska <mm@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -1525,7 +1526,8 @@ spa_check_removed(vdev_t *vd)
 	for (int c = 0; c < vd->vdev_children; c++)
 		spa_check_removed(vd->vdev_child[c]);
 
-	if (vd->vdev_ops->vdev_op_leaf && vdev_is_dead(vd)) {
+	if (vd->vdev_ops->vdev_op_leaf && vdev_is_dead(vd) &&
+	    !vd->vdev_ishole) {
 		zfs_post_autoreplace(vd->vdev_spa, vd);
 		spa_event_notify(vd->vdev_spa, vd, ESC_ZFS_VDEV_CHECK);
 	}