diff --git a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
index baa2ee5b3824..67c1a6e3344b 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/openzfs/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
@@ -6250,56 +6250,54 @@ zfs_freebsd_copy_file_range(struct vop_copy_file_range_args *ap)
 	 * need something else than vn_generic_copy_file_range().
 	 */
 
-	/* Lock both vnodes, avoiding risk of deadlock. */
-	do {
-		mp = NULL;
-		error = vn_start_write(outvp, &mp, V_WAIT);
-		if (error == 0) {
-			error = vn_lock(outvp, LK_EXCLUSIVE);
-			if (error == 0) {
-				if (invp == outvp)
-					break;
-				error = vn_lock(invp, LK_SHARED | LK_NOWAIT);
-				if (error == 0)
-					break;
-				VOP_UNLOCK(outvp);
-				if (mp != NULL)
-					vn_finished_write(mp);
-				mp = NULL;
-				error = vn_lock(invp, LK_SHARED);
-				if (error == 0)
-					VOP_UNLOCK(invp);
-			}
+	vn_start_write(outvp, &mp, V_WAIT);
+	if (invp == outvp) {
+		if (vn_lock(outvp, LK_EXCLUSIVE) != 0) {
+			goto bad_write_fallback;
 		}
-		if (mp != NULL)
-			vn_finished_write(mp);
-	} while (error == 0);
-	if (error != 0)
-		return (error);
+	} else {
+		vn_lock_pair(invp, false, outvp, false);
+		if (VN_IS_DOOMED(invp) || VN_IS_DOOMED(outvp)) {
+			goto bad_locked_fallback;
+		}
+	}
+
 #ifdef MAC
 	error = mac_vnode_check_write(curthread->td_ucred, ap->a_outcred,
 	    outvp);
 	if (error != 0)
-		goto unlock;
+		goto out_locked;
 #endif
 
 	io.uio_offset = *ap->a_outoffp;
 	io.uio_resid = *ap->a_lenp;
 	error = vn_rlimit_fsize(outvp, &io, ap->a_fsizetd);
 	if (error != 0)
-		goto unlock;
+		goto out_locked;
 
 	error = zfs_clone_range(VTOZ(invp), ap->a_inoffp, VTOZ(outvp),
 	    ap->a_outoffp, &len, ap->a_outcred);
+	if (error == EXDEV)
+		goto bad_locked_fallback;
 	*ap->a_lenp = (size_t)len;
-
-unlock:
+out_locked:
 	if (invp != outvp)
 		VOP_UNLOCK(invp);
 	VOP_UNLOCK(outvp);
 	if (mp != NULL)
 		vn_finished_write(mp);
+	return (error);
 
+bad_locked_fallback:
+	if (invp != outvp)
+		VOP_UNLOCK(invp);
+	VOP_UNLOCK(outvp);
+bad_write_fallback:
+	if (mp != NULL)
+		vn_finished_write(mp);
+	error = vn_generic_copy_file_range(ap->a_invp, ap->a_inoffp,
+	    ap->a_outvp, ap->a_outoffp, ap->a_lenp, ap->a_flags,
+	    ap->a_incred, ap->a_outcred, ap->a_fsizetd);
 	return (error);
 }