diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
index 244b9b4cbcbc..809f7f6165f9 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu_traverse.c
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ typedef enum resume_skip {
  * Otherwise returns RESUME_SKIP_NONE.
  */
 static resume_skip_t
-resume_skip_check(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
+resume_skip_check(const traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
     const zbookmark_phys_t *zb)
 {
-	if (td->td_resume != NULL && !ZB_IS_ZERO(td->td_resume)) {
+	if (td->td_resume != NULL) {
 		/*
 		 * If we already visited this bp & everything below,
 		 * don't bother doing it again.
@@ -165,12 +165,7 @@ resume_skip_check(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 		if (zbookmark_subtree_completed(dnp, zb, td->td_resume))
 			return (RESUME_SKIP_ALL);
 
-		/*
-		 * If we found the block we're trying to resume from, zero
-		 * the bookmark out to indicate that we have resumed.
-		 */
 		if (memcmp(zb, td->td_resume, sizeof (*zb)) == 0) {
-			memset(td->td_resume, 0, sizeof (*zb));
 			if (td->td_flags & TRAVERSE_POST)
 				return (RESUME_SKIP_CHILDREN);
 		}
@@ -182,7 +177,7 @@ resume_skip_check(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
  * Returns B_TRUE, if prefetch read is issued, otherwise B_FALSE.
  */
 static boolean_t
-traverse_prefetch_metadata(traverse_data_t *td,
+traverse_prefetch_metadata(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
     const blkptr_t *bp, const zbookmark_phys_t *zb)
 {
 	arc_flags_t flags = ARC_FLAG_NOWAIT | ARC_FLAG_PREFETCH |
@@ -192,11 +187,10 @@ traverse_prefetch_metadata(traverse_data_t *td,
 	if (!(td->td_flags & TRAVERSE_PREFETCH_METADATA))
 		return (B_FALSE);
 	/*
-	 * If we are in the process of resuming, don't prefetch, because
-	 * some children will not be needed (and in fact may have already
-	 * been freed).
+	 * If this bp is before the resume point, it may have already been
+	 * freed.
 	 */
-	if (td->td_resume != NULL && !ZB_IS_ZERO(td->td_resume))
+	if (resume_skip_check(td, dnp, zb) != RESUME_SKIP_NONE)
 		return (B_FALSE);
 	if (BP_IS_HOLE(bp) || bp->blk_birth <= td->td_min_txg)
 		return (B_FALSE);
@@ -344,7 +338,7 @@ traverse_visitbp(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 					SET_BOOKMARK(czb, zb->zb_objset,
 					    zb->zb_object, zb->zb_level - 1,
 					    zb->zb_blkid * epb + pidx);
-					if (traverse_prefetch_metadata(td,
+					if (traverse_prefetch_metadata(td, dnp,
 					    &((blkptr_t *)buf->b_data)[pidx],
 					    czb) == B_TRUE) {
 						prefetched++;
@@ -506,12 +500,12 @@ prefetch_dnode_metadata(traverse_data_t *td, const dnode_phys_t *dnp,
 
 	for (j = 0; j < dnp->dn_nblkptr; j++) {
 		SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, objset, object, dnp->dn_nlevels - 1, j);
-		traverse_prefetch_metadata(td, &dnp->dn_blkptr[j], &czb);
+		traverse_prefetch_metadata(td, dnp, &dnp->dn_blkptr[j], &czb);
 	}
 
 	if (dnp->dn_flags & DNODE_FLAG_SPILL_BLKPTR) {
 		SET_BOOKMARK(&czb, objset, object, 0, DMU_SPILL_BLKID);
-		traverse_prefetch_metadata(td, DN_SPILL_BLKPTR(dnp), &czb);
+		traverse_prefetch_metadata(td, dnp, DN_SPILL_BLKPTR(dnp), &czb);
 	}
 }