diff --git a/module/zfs/zvol.c b/module/zfs/zvol.c
index 3e9f004ef3d..4f1601ec630 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zvol.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zvol.c
@@ -1358,6 +1358,8 @@ zvol_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t flag)
 	mutex_exit(&zv->zv_state_lock);
 	if (drop_suspend)
 		rw_exit(&zv->zv_suspend_lock);
+	if (error == -ERESTARTSYS)
+		schedule();
 
 	return (SET_ERROR(error));
 }