diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index de24310994a2..8ff15ec2e139 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -838,6 +838,12 @@ zfs_write(vnode_t *vp, uio_t *uio, int ioflag, cred_t *cr, caller_context_t *ct)
 		rl = zfs_range_lock(zp, woff, n, RL_WRITER);
 	}
 
+	if (vn_rlimit_fsize(vp, uio, uio->uio_td)) {
+		zfs_range_unlock(rl);
+		ZFS_EXIT(zfsvfs);
+		return (EFBIG);
+	}
+
 	if (woff >= limit) {
 		zfs_range_unlock(rl);
 		ZFS_EXIT(zfsvfs);
@@ -5696,9 +5702,6 @@ zfs_freebsd_write(ap)
 	} */ *ap;
 {
 
-	if (vn_rlimit_fsize(ap->a_vp, ap->a_uio, ap->a_uio->uio_td))
-		return (EFBIG);
-
 	return (zfs_write(ap->a_vp, ap->a_uio, ioflags(ap->a_ioflag),
 	    ap->a_cred, NULL));
 }