diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index 5b24a2f5feb3..bfb71145516e 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -3997,7 +3997,7 @@ print_dedup_stats(nvlist_t *config)
 
 	/*
 	 * If the pool was faulted then we may not have been able to
-	 * obtain the config. Otherwise, if have anything in the dedup
+	 * obtain the config. Otherwise, if we have anything in the dedup
 	 * table continue processing the stats.
 	 */
 	if (nvlist_lookup_uint64_array(config, ZPOOL_CONFIG_DDT_OBJ_STATS,
diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
index 47c13ea92702..b7b6ef847298 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev.c
@@ -1258,12 +1258,16 @@ vdev_open(vdev_t *vd)
 		vd->vdev_ashift = MAX(ashift, vd->vdev_ashift);
 	} else {
 		/*
-		 * Make sure the alignment requirement hasn't increased.
+		 * Detect if the alignment requirement has increased.
+		 * We don't want to make the pool unavailable, just
+		 * issue a warning instead.
 		 */
-		if (ashift > vd->vdev_top->vdev_ashift) {
-			vdev_set_state(vd, B_TRUE, VDEV_STATE_CANT_OPEN,
-			    VDEV_AUX_BAD_LABEL);
-			return (EINVAL);
+		if (ashift > vd->vdev_top->vdev_ashift &&
+		    vd->vdev_ops->vdev_op_leaf) {
+			cmn_err(CE_WARN,
+			    "Disk, '%s', has a block alignment that is "
+			    "larger than the pool's alignment\n",
+			    vd->vdev_path);
 		}
 		vd->vdev_max_asize = max_asize;
 	}