diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_dataset.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_dataset.c
index 9d9cbc3a9afd..b3ae302c0481 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_dataset.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_dataset.c
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ zfs_validate_name(libzfs_handle_t *hdl, const char *path, int type,
 	namecheck_err_t why;
 	char what;
 
-	(void) zfs_prop_get_table();
 	if (entity_namecheck(path, &why, &what) != 0) {
 		if (hdl != NULL) {
 			switch (why) {