diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/nvpair/nvpair.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/nvpair/nvpair.c
index 53ed5f28f19..cd6af4e0de8 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/nvpair/nvpair.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/common/nvpair/nvpair.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ nvpair_type_is_array(nvpair_t *nvp)
 	data_type_t type = NVP_TYPE(nvp);
 
 	if ((type == DATA_TYPE_BYTE_ARRAY) ||
+	    (type == DATA_TYPE_INT8_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_UINT8_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_INT16_ARRAY) ||
 	    (type == DATA_TYPE_UINT16_ARRAY) ||