diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index bd5e988dfd22..ca6ac539f0d6 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1556,6 +1556,7 @@ zfs_ioc_pool_create(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 	nvlist_t *config, *props = NULL;
 	nvlist_t *rootprops = NULL;
 	nvlist_t *zplprops = NULL;
+	char *spa_name = zc->zc_name;
 
 	if (error = get_nvlist(zc->zc_nvlist_conf, zc->zc_nvlist_conf_size,
 	    zc->zc_iflags, &config))
@@ -1571,6 +1572,7 @@ zfs_ioc_pool_create(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 	if (props) {
 		nvlist_t *nvl = NULL;
 		uint64_t version = SPA_VERSION;
+		char *tname;
 
 		(void) nvlist_lookup_uint64(props,
 		    zpool_prop_to_name(ZPOOL_PROP_VERSION), &version);
@@ -1593,6 +1595,10 @@ zfs_ioc_pool_create(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 		    zplprops, NULL);
 		if (error != 0)
 			goto pool_props_bad;
+
+		if (nvlist_lookup_string(props,
+		    zpool_prop_to_name(ZPOOL_PROP_TNAME), &tname) == 0)
+			spa_name = tname;
 	}
 
 	error = spa_create(zc->zc_name, config, props, zplprops);
@@ -1600,9 +1606,9 @@ zfs_ioc_pool_create(zfs_cmd_t *zc)
 	/*
 	 * Set the remaining root properties
 	 */
-	if (!error && (error = zfs_set_prop_nvlist(zc->zc_name,
+	if (!error && (error = zfs_set_prop_nvlist(spa_name,
 	    ZPROP_SRC_LOCAL, rootprops, NULL)) != 0)
-		(void) spa_destroy(zc->zc_name);
+		(void) spa_destroy(spa_name);
 
 pool_props_bad:
 	nvlist_free(rootprops);