diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_iter.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_iter.c
index d70d266699cf..3d7a0cfc35e6 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_iter.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_iter.c
@@ -494,19 +494,25 @@ vdev_run_cmd(vdev_cmd_data_t *data, char *cmd)
 	/* Setup our custom environment variables */
 	rc = asprintf(&env[1], "VDEV_PATH=%s",
 	    data->path ? data->path : "");
-	if (rc == -1)
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		env[1] = NULL;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	rc = asprintf(&env[2], "VDEV_UPATH=%s",
 	    data->upath ? data->upath : "");
-	if (rc == -1)
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		env[2] = NULL;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	rc = asprintf(&env[3], "VDEV_ENC_SYSFS_PATH=%s",
 	    data->vdev_enc_sysfs_path ?
 	    data->vdev_enc_sysfs_path : "");
-	if (rc == -1)
+	if (rc == -1) {
+		env[3] = NULL;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* Run the command */
 	rc = libzfs_run_process_get_stdout_nopath(cmd, argv, env, &lines,
@@ -525,8 +531,7 @@ vdev_run_cmd(vdev_cmd_data_t *data, char *cmd)
 
 	/* Start with i = 1 since env[0] was statically allocated */
 	for (i = 1; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env); i++)
-		if (env[i] != NULL)
-			free(env[i]);
+		free(env[i]);
 }
 
 /*