diff --git a/lib/libzutil/os/linux/zutil_import_os.c b/lib/libzutil/os/linux/zutil_import_os.c
index 433a72282bb7..5defb526f210 100644
--- a/lib/libzutil/os/linux/zutil_import_os.c
+++ b/lib/libzutil/os/linux/zutil_import_os.c
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ zpool_open_func(void *arg)
 
 	/*
 	 * Ignore failed stats.  We only want regular files and block devices.
+	 * Ignore files that are too small to hold a zpool.
 	 */
 	if (stat64(rn->rn_name, &statbuf) != 0 ||
-	    (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)))
+	    (!S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && !S_ISBLK(statbuf.st_mode)) ||
+	    (S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && statbuf.st_size < SPA_MINDEVSIZE))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -132,14 +134,6 @@ zpool_open_func(void *arg)
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return;
 
-	/*
-	 * This file is too small to hold a zpool
-	 */
-	if (S_ISREG(statbuf.st_mode) && statbuf.st_size < SPA_MINDEVSIZE) {
-		(void) close(fd);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	error = zpool_read_label(fd, &config, &num_labels);
 	if (error != 0) {
 		(void) close(fd);
diff --git a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
index 9d7fcb8d9685..871a75ab2326 100644
--- a/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
+++ b/lib/libzutil/zutil_import.c
@@ -1243,10 +1243,21 @@ zpool_find_import_scan_dir(libpc_handle_t *hdl, pthread_mutex_t *lock,
 
 	while ((dp = readdir64(dirp)) != NULL) {
 		const char *name = dp->d_name;
-		if (name[0] == '.' &&
-		    (name[1] == 0 || (name[1] == '.' && name[2] == 0)))
+		if (strcmp(name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(name, "..") == 0)
 			continue;
 
+		switch (dp->d_type) {
+		case DT_UNKNOWN:
+		case DT_BLK:
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+		case DT_CHR:
+#endif
+		case DT_REG:
+			break;
+		default:
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		zpool_find_import_scan_add_slice(hdl, lock, cache, path, name,
 		    order);
 	}