diff --git a/fs/fs.go b/fs/fs.go
index fd1bae3df8..a7542158cd 100644
--- a/fs/fs.go
+++ b/fs/fs.go
@@ -410,8 +410,13 @@ func (self *RealFsInfo) GetFsInfoForPath(mountSet map[string]struct{}) ([]Fs, er
 				klog.V(5).Infof("got devicemapper fs capacity stats: capacity: %v free: %v available: %v:", fs.Capacity, fs.Free, fs.Available)
 				fs.Type = DeviceMapper
 			case ZFS.String():
-				fs.Capacity, fs.Free, fs.Available, err = getZfstats(device)
-				fs.Type = ZFS
+				if _, devzfs := os.Stat("/dev/zfs"); os.IsExist(devzfs) {
+					fs.Capacity, fs.Free, fs.Available, err = getZfstats(device)
+					fs.Type = ZFS
+					break
+				}
+				// if /dev/zfs is not present default to VFS
+				fallthrough
 			default:
 				var inodes, inodesFree uint64
 				if utils.FileExists(partition.mountpoint) {