diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
index 9698a720b112..aadc1f96deaa 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2013 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pawel@dawidek.net>.
  * All rights reserved.
- * Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2014 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ zfs_iter_bookmarks(zfs_handle_t *zhp, zfs_iter_f func, void *data)
 	fnvlist_add_boolean(props, zfs_prop_to_name(ZFS_PROP_CREATETXG));
 	fnvlist_add_boolean(props, zfs_prop_to_name(ZFS_PROP_CREATION));
 
-	/* Allocate an nvlist to hold the bookmarks. */
-	bmarks = fnvlist_alloc();
-
 	if ((err = lzc_get_bookmarks(zhp->zfs_name, props, &bmarks)) != 0)
 		goto out;