diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index f4d7e5754..f13228051 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -4608,11 +4608,14 @@ zio_vdev_io_assess(zio_t *zio)
 	/*
 	 * If a cache flush returns ENOTSUP or ENOTTY, we know that no future
 	 * attempts will ever succeed. In this case we set a persistent
-	 * boolean flag so that we don't bother with it in the future.
+	 * boolean flag so that we don't bother with it in the future, and
+	 * then we act like the flush succeeded.
 	 */
 	if ((zio->io_error == ENOTSUP || zio->io_error == ENOTTY) &&
-	    zio->io_type == ZIO_TYPE_FLUSH && vd != NULL)
+	    zio->io_type == ZIO_TYPE_FLUSH && vd != NULL) {
 		vd->vdev_nowritecache = B_TRUE;
+		zio->io_error = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (zio->io_error)
 		zio->io_pipeline = ZIO_INTERLOCK_PIPELINE;