diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
index 278bfd4cfd8f..259d045e58a3 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/lib/libzfs/common/libzfs_iter.c
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2005, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright 2010 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pawel@dawidek.net>.
  * All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright 2013 Nexenta Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -452,8 +452,12 @@ iter_dependents_cb(zfs_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 		}
 		ida->stack = isf.next;
 	}
+
 	if (!first && err == 0)
 		err = ida->func(zhp, ida->data);
+	else
+		zfs_close(zhp);
+
 	return (err);
 }