diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 833aabcde7f..87e8ad30f5e 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  * Copyright 2011 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 by Frederik Wessels. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 by Prasad Joshi (sTec). All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -1988,8 +1989,10 @@ zpool_do_import(int argc, char **argv)
 
 		errno = 0;
 		searchguid = strtoull(argv[0], &endptr, 10);
-		if (errno != 0 || *endptr != '\0')
+		if (errno != 0 || *endptr != '\0') {
 			searchname = argv[0];
+			searchguid = 0;
+		}
 		found_config = NULL;
 
 		/*