diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index b5bcd367b247..47d07fc20388 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -4320,7 +4320,7 @@ arc_evict(void)
 
 	/* Evict MFU metadata. */
 	w = wt * (int64_t)(arc_meta >> 16) >> 16;
-	e = MIN((int64_t)(asize - arc_c), (int64_t)(m - w));
+	e = MIN((int64_t)(asize - arc_c), (int64_t)(m - bytes - w));
 	bytes = arc_evict_impl(arc_mfu, ARC_BUFC_METADATA, e);
 	total_evicted += bytes;
 	mfum -= bytes;