diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_misc.c b/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
index 409dce121212..ec7c807a49c4 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2015 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright 2011 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2015 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Spectra Logic Corporation, All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -385,14 +385,16 @@ spa_config_tryenter(spa_t *spa, int locks, void *tag, krw_t rw)
 		if (rw == RW_READER) {
 			if (scl->scl_writer || scl->scl_write_wanted) {
 				mutex_exit(&scl->scl_lock);
-				spa_config_exit(spa, locks ^ (1 << i), tag);
+				spa_config_exit(spa, locks & ((1 << i) - 1),
+				    tag);
 				return (0);
 			}
 		} else {
 			ASSERT(scl->scl_writer != curthread);
 			if (!refcount_is_zero(&scl->scl_count)) {
 				mutex_exit(&scl->scl_lock);
-				spa_config_exit(spa, locks ^ (1 << i), tag);
+				spa_config_exit(spa, locks & ((1 << i) - 1),
+				    tag);
 				return (0);
 			}
 			scl->scl_writer = curthread;