diff --git a/include/sys/spa_impl.h b/include/sys/spa_impl.h
index 366410acf28e..5605a35b8641 100644
--- a/include/sys/spa_impl.h
+++ b/include/sys/spa_impl.h
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ struct spa {
 extern char *spa_config_path;
 extern const char *zfs_deadman_failmode;
 extern uint_t spa_slop_shift;
-extern void spa_taskq_dispatch_ent(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q,
-    task_func_t *func, void *arg, uint_t flags, taskq_ent_t *ent, zio_t *zio);
+extern void spa_taskq_dispatch(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q,
+    task_func_t *func, zio_t *zio, boolean_t cutinline);
 extern void spa_load_spares(spa_t *spa);
 extern void spa_load_l2cache(spa_t *spa);
 extern sysevent_t *spa_event_create(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd, nvlist_t *hist_nvl,
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 930c527b63cd..d762f21a3769 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -1491,9 +1491,8 @@ spa_taskq_write_param(ZFS_MODULE_PARAM_ARGS)
  * on the taskq itself.
  */
 void
-spa_taskq_dispatch_ent(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q,
-    task_func_t *func, void *arg, uint_t flags, taskq_ent_t *ent,
-    zio_t *zio)
+spa_taskq_dispatch(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q,
+    task_func_t *func, zio_t *zio, boolean_t cutinline)
 {
 	spa_taskqs_t *tqs = &spa->spa_zio_taskq[t][q];
 	taskq_t *tq;
@@ -1501,16 +1500,25 @@ spa_taskq_dispatch_ent(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q,
 	ASSERT3P(tqs->stqs_taskq, !=, NULL);
 	ASSERT3U(tqs->stqs_count, !=, 0);
 
+	/*
+	 * NB: We are assuming that the zio can only be dispatched
+	 * to a single taskq at a time.  It would be a grievous error
+	 * to dispatch the zio to another taskq at the same time.
+	 */
+	ASSERT(zio);
+	ASSERT(taskq_empty_ent(&zio->io_tqent));
+
 	if (tqs->stqs_count == 1) {
 		tq = tqs->stqs_taskq[0];
 	} else if ((t == ZIO_TYPE_WRITE) && (q == ZIO_TASKQ_ISSUE) &&
-	    (zio != NULL) && ZIO_HAS_ALLOCATOR(zio)) {
+	    ZIO_HAS_ALLOCATOR(zio)) {
 		tq = tqs->stqs_taskq[zio->io_allocator % tqs->stqs_count];
 	} else {
 		tq = tqs->stqs_taskq[((uint64_t)gethrtime()) % tqs->stqs_count];
 	}
 
-	taskq_dispatch_ent(tq, func, arg, flags, ent);
+	taskq_dispatch_ent(tq, func, zio, cutinline ? TQ_FRONT : 0,
+	    &zio->io_tqent);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index 65a0afaaa21c..d68d5ababe79 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -2023,7 +2023,6 @@ zio_taskq_dispatch(zio_t *zio, zio_taskq_type_t q, boolean_t cutinline)
 {
 	spa_t *spa = zio->io_spa;
 	zio_type_t t = zio->io_type;
-	int flags = (cutinline ? TQ_FRONT : 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're a config writer or a probe, the normal issue and
@@ -2047,19 +2046,12 @@ zio_taskq_dispatch(zio_t *zio, zio_taskq_type_t q, boolean_t cutinline)
 		if (spa->spa_zio_taskq[t][q + 1].stqs_count != 0)
 			q++;
 		else
-			flags |= TQ_FRONT;
+			cutinline = B_TRUE;
 	}
 
 	ASSERT3U(q, <, ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES);
 
-	/*
-	 * NB: We are assuming that the zio can only be dispatched
-	 * to a single taskq at a time.  It would be a grievous error
-	 * to dispatch the zio to another taskq at the same time.
-	 */
-	ASSERT(taskq_empty_ent(&zio->io_tqent));
-	spa_taskq_dispatch_ent(spa, t, q, zio_execute, zio, flags,
-	    &zio->io_tqent, zio);
+	spa_taskq_dispatch(spa, t, q, zio_execute, zio, cutinline);
 }
 
 static boolean_t
@@ -5007,10 +4999,9 @@ zio_done(zio_t *zio)
 			 * Reexecution is potentially a huge amount of work.
 			 * Hand it off to the otherwise-unused claim taskq.
 			 */
-			ASSERT(taskq_empty_ent(&zio->io_tqent));
-			spa_taskq_dispatch_ent(zio->io_spa,
+			spa_taskq_dispatch(zio->io_spa,
 			    ZIO_TYPE_CLAIM, ZIO_TASKQ_ISSUE,
-			    zio_reexecute, zio, 0, &zio->io_tqent, NULL);
+			    zio_reexecute, zio, B_FALSE);
 		}
 		return (NULL);
 	}