DB_DNODE_EXIT(db);
DBUF_STAT_BUMP(hash_misses);
- if (!err && need_wait)
- err = zio_wait(zio);
+ /*
+ * If we created a zio_root we must execute it to avoid
+ * leaking it, even if it isn't attached to any work due
+ * to an error in dbuf_read_impl().
+ */
+ if (need_wait) {
+ if (err == 0)
+ err = zio_wait(zio);
+ else
+ VERIFY0(zio_wait(zio));
+ }
} else {
/*
* Another reader came in while the dbuf was in flight