diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_sendrecv.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_sendrecv.c
index a40cb088a4c..973ffa30fc4 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_sendrecv.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_sendrecv.c
@@ -2967,7 +2967,7 @@ recv_skip(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, int fd, boolean_t byteswap)
 			break;
 		case DRR_SPILL:
 			if (byteswap) {
-				drr->drr_u.drr_write.drr_length =
+				drr->drr_u.drr_spill.drr_length =
 				    BSWAP_64(drr->drr_u.drr_spill.drr_length);
 			}
 			(void) recv_read(hdl, fd, buf,