diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index bfe798ffe4..ac4a0b23ad 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -1987,40 +1987,21 @@ static int
 max_width(zpool_handle_t *zhp, nvlist_t *nv, int depth, int max,
     int name_flags)
 {
-	char *name;
-	nvlist_t **child;
-	uint_t c, children;
-	int ret;
-
-	name = zpool_vdev_name(g_zfs, zhp, nv, name_flags);
-	if (strlen(name) + depth > max)
-		max = strlen(name) + depth;
+	static const char *const subtypes[] =
+	    {ZPOOL_CONFIG_SPARES, ZPOOL_CONFIG_L2CACHE, ZPOOL_CONFIG_CHILDREN};
 
+	char *name = zpool_vdev_name(g_zfs, zhp, nv, name_flags);
+	max = MAX(strlen(name) + depth, max);
 	free(name);
 
-	if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nv, ZPOOL_CONFIG_SPARES,
-	    &child, &children) == 0) {
-		for (c = 0; c < children; c++)
-			if ((ret = max_width(zhp, child[c], depth + 2,
-			    max, name_flags)) > max)
-				max = ret;
-	}
-
-	if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nv, ZPOOL_CONFIG_L2CACHE,
-	    &child, &children) == 0) {
-		for (c = 0; c < children; c++)
-			if ((ret = max_width(zhp, child[c], depth + 2,
-			    max, name_flags)) > max)
-				max = ret;
-	}
-
-	if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nv, ZPOOL_CONFIG_CHILDREN,
-	    &child, &children) == 0) {
-		for (c = 0; c < children; c++)
-			if ((ret = max_width(zhp, child[c], depth + 2,
-			    max, name_flags)) > max)
-				max = ret;
-	}
+	nvlist_t **child;
+	uint_t children;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(subtypes); ++i)
+		if (nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nv, subtypes[i],
+		    &child, &children) == 0)
+			for (uint_t c = 0; c < children; ++c)
+				max = MAX(max_width(zhp, child[c], depth + 2,
+				    max, name_flags), max);
 
 	return (max);
 }