diff --git a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dsl_scan.c b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dsl_scan.c
index f6e8db410038..36432b4c70bf 100644
--- a/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dsl_scan.c
+++ b/usr/src/uts/common/fs/zfs/dsl_scan.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,8 @@ dsl_scan_check_suspend(dsl_scan_t *scn, const zbookmark_phys_t *zb)
 	if (!ZB_IS_ZERO(&scn->scn_phys.scn_bookmark))
 		return (B_FALSE); /* we're resuming */
 
-	/* We only know how to resume from level-0 blocks. */
-	if (zb && zb->zb_level != 0)
+	/* We only know how to resume from level-0 and objset blocks. */
+	if (zb && (zb->zb_level != 0 && zb->zb_level != ZB_ROOT_LEVEL))
 		return (B_FALSE);
 
 	/*
@@ -1302,7 +1302,16 @@ dsl_scan_check_suspend(dsl_scan_t *scn, const zbookmark_phys_t *zb)
 	    NSEC2SEC(sync_time_ns) >= zfs_txg_timeout)) ||
 	    spa_shutting_down(scn->scn_dp->dp_spa) ||
 	    (zfs_scan_strict_mem_lim && dsl_scan_should_clear(scn))) {
-		if (zb) {
+		if (zb && zb->zb_level == ZB_ROOT_LEVEL) {
+			dprintf("suspending at first available bookmark "
+			    "%llx/%llx/%llx/%llx\n",
+			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_objset,
+			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_object,
+			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_level,
+			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_blkid);
+			SET_BOOKMARK(&scn->scn_phys.scn_bookmark,
+			    zb->zb_objset, 0, 0, 0);
+		} else if (zb != NULL) {
 			dprintf("suspending at bookmark %llx/%llx/%llx/%llx\n",
 			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_objset,
 			    (longlong_t)zb->zb_object,