diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/userquota/userquota_006_pos.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/userquota/userquota_006_pos.ksh
index c53cb5f1e72b..7848a924bde8 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/userquota/userquota_006_pos.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/userquota/userquota_006_pos.ksh
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ done
 
 set -A no_groups "aidsf@dfsd@" "123223-dsfds#sdfsd" "mss_#ss" "1234"
 for group in "${no_groups[@]}"; do
-	log_mustnot eval "groupdel $group > /dev/null 2>&1"
+	if is_freebsd; then
+		log_mustnot eval "pw groupdel -n $group >/dev/null 2>&1"
+	else
+		log_mustnot eval "groupdel $group >/dev/null 2>&1"
+	fi
 	log_must eval "zfs get groupquota@$group $QFS >/dev/null 2>&1"
 	log_must eval "zfs get groupquota@$group $snap_fs >/dev/null 2>&1"
 done