diff --git a/sys/boot/efi/loader/main.c b/sys/boot/efi/loader/main.c
index a12083aa2912..81f4d1b1e80d 100644
--- a/sys/boot/efi/loader/main.c
+++ b/sys/boot/efi/loader/main.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ find_currdev(EFI_LOADED_IMAGE *img)
 		    env_nounset);
 		env_setenv("loaddev", EV_VOLATILE, devname, env_noset,
 		    env_nounset);
+		init_zfs_bootenv(devname);
 		return (0);
 	}
 #endif /* EFI_ZFS_BOOT */