diff --git a/uts/common/fs/zfs/sys/dnode.h b/uts/common/fs/zfs/sys/dnode.h
index 8a4f3f6185e..5668af1fef0 100644
--- a/uts/common/fs/zfs/sys/dnode.h
+++ b/uts/common/fs/zfs/sys/dnode.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * Fixed constants.
  */
 #define	DNODE_SHIFT		9	/* 512 bytes */
-#define	DN_MIN_INDBLKSHIFT	10	/* 1k */
+#define	DN_MIN_INDBLKSHIFT	12	/* 4k */
 #define	DN_MAX_INDBLKSHIFT	14	/* 16k */
 #define	DNODE_BLOCK_SHIFT	14	/* 16k */
 #define	DNODE_CORE_SIZE		64	/* 64 bytes for dnode sans blkptrs */