diff --git a/include/sys/abd.h b/include/sys/abd.h
index 7b7d84b528..daa247e0cb 100644
--- a/include/sys/abd.h
+++ b/include/sys/abd.h
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ typedef enum abd_flags {
 	ABD_FLAG_LINEAR_PAGE 	= 1 << 5, /* linear but allocd from page */
 	ABD_FLAG_GANG		= 1 << 6, /* mult ABDs chained together */
 	ABD_FLAG_GANG_FREE	= 1 << 7, /* gang ABD is responsible for mem */
-	ABD_FLAG_ZEROS		= 1 << 8, /* ABD for zero-filled buffer */
-	ABD_FLAG_ALLOCD		= 1 << 9, /* we allocated the abd_t */
+	ABD_FLAG_ALLOCD		= 1 << 8, /* we allocated the abd_t */
 } abd_flags_t;
 
 typedef struct abd {
diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/abd_os.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/abd_os.c
index fb5c46ecf7..ce8c30025f 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/abd_os.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/abd_os.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ abd_alloc_zero_scatter(void)
 
 	n = abd_chunkcnt_for_bytes(SPA_MAXBLOCKSIZE);
 	abd_zero_scatter = abd_alloc_struct(SPA_MAXBLOCKSIZE);
-	abd_zero_scatter->abd_flags |= ABD_FLAG_OWNER | ABD_FLAG_ZEROS;
+	abd_zero_scatter->abd_flags |= ABD_FLAG_OWNER;
 	abd_zero_scatter->abd_size = SPA_MAXBLOCKSIZE;
 
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_offset = 0;
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
index f7af20c619..c4cc2ce01d 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/abd_os.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ abd_alloc_zero_scatter(void)
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_sgl = table.sgl;
 	ABD_SCATTER(abd_zero_scatter).abd_nents = nr_pages;
 	abd_zero_scatter->abd_size = SPA_MAXBLOCKSIZE;
-	abd_zero_scatter->abd_flags |= ABD_FLAG_MULTI_CHUNK | ABD_FLAG_ZEROS;
+	abd_zero_scatter->abd_flags |= ABD_FLAG_MULTI_CHUNK;
 
 	abd_for_each_sg(abd_zero_scatter, sg, nr_pages, i) {
 		sg_set_page(sg, abd_zero_page, PAGESIZE, 0);
diff --git a/module/zfs/abd.c b/module/zfs/abd.c
index 94f492522f..f1df6082f0 100644
--- a/module/zfs/abd.c
+++ b/module/zfs/abd.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ abd_verify(abd_t *abd)
 	ASSERT3U(abd->abd_flags, ==, abd->abd_flags & (ABD_FLAG_LINEAR |
 	    ABD_FLAG_OWNER | ABD_FLAG_META | ABD_FLAG_MULTI_ZONE |
 	    ABD_FLAG_MULTI_CHUNK | ABD_FLAG_LINEAR_PAGE | ABD_FLAG_GANG |
-	    ABD_FLAG_GANG_FREE | ABD_FLAG_ZEROS | ABD_FLAG_ALLOCD));
+	    ABD_FLAG_GANG_FREE | ABD_FLAG_ALLOCD));
 	IMPLY(abd->abd_parent != NULL, !(abd->abd_flags & ABD_FLAG_OWNER));
 	IMPLY(abd->abd_flags & ABD_FLAG_META, abd->abd_flags & ABD_FLAG_OWNER);
 	if (abd_is_linear(abd)) {