diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index 737904f34855..11285aa46eef 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -5944,6 +5944,12 @@ arc_read(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, const blkptr_t *bp,
 		 * Embedded BP's have no DVA and require no I/O to "read".
 		 * Create an anonymous arc buf to back it.
 		 */
+		if (!zfs_blkptr_verify(spa, bp, zio_flags &
+		    ZIO_FLAG_CONFIG_WRITER, BLK_VERIFY_LOG)) {
+			rc = SET_ERROR(ECKSUM);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		hdr = buf_hash_find(guid, bp, &hash_lock);
 	}
 
@@ -6115,17 +6121,6 @@ arc_read(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, const blkptr_t *bp,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * Gracefully handle a damaged logical block size as a
-		 * checksum error.
-		 */
-		if (lsize > spa_maxblocksize(spa)) {
-			rc = SET_ERROR(ECKSUM);
-			if (hash_lock != NULL)
-				mutex_exit(hash_lock);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
 		if (hdr == NULL) {
 			/*
 			 * This block is not in the cache or it has
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index 87ccb6861850..66ac545c7981 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -1107,9 +1107,6 @@ zio_read(zio_t *pio, spa_t *spa, const blkptr_t *bp,
 {
 	zio_t *zio;
 
-	(void) zfs_blkptr_verify(spa, bp, flags & ZIO_FLAG_CONFIG_WRITER,
-	    BLK_VERIFY_HALT);
-
 	zio = zio_create(pio, spa, BP_PHYSICAL_BIRTH(bp), bp,
 	    data, size, size, done, private,
 	    ZIO_TYPE_READ, priority, flags, NULL, 0, zb,