diff --git a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/arc.c b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/arc.c
index 42a9a2dbf2132..acb9562470eae 100644
--- a/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/arc.c
@@ -1134,6 +1134,24 @@ static boolean_t l2arc_transform_buf(arc_buf_hdr_t *, boolean_t);
 static void l2arc_decompress_zio(zio_t *, arc_buf_hdr_t *, enum zio_compress);
 static void l2arc_release_cdata_buf(arc_buf_hdr_t *);
 
+static void
+l2arc_trim(const arc_buf_hdr_t *hdr)
+{
+	l2arc_dev_t *dev = hdr->b_l2hdr.b_dev;
+
+	ASSERT(HDR_HAS_L2HDR(hdr));
+	ASSERT(MUTEX_HELD(&dev->l2ad_mtx));
+
+	if (hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr == L2ARC_ADDR_UNSET)
+		return;
+	if (hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize != 0) {
+		trim_map_free(dev->l2ad_vdev, hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr,
+		    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize, 0);
+	} else {
+		ASSERT3U(hdr->b_l2hdr.b_compress, ==, ZIO_COMPRESS_EMPTY);
+	}
+}
+
 static uint64_t
 buf_hash(uint64_t spa, const dva_t *dva, uint64_t birth)
 {
@@ -2449,10 +2467,7 @@ arc_hdr_destroy(arc_buf_hdr_t *hdr)
 		 * want to re-destroy the header's L2 portion.
 		 */
 		if (HDR_HAS_L2HDR(hdr)) {
-			if (hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr != L2ARC_ADDR_UNSET)
-				trim_map_free(dev->l2ad_vdev,
-				    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr,
-				    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize, 0);
+			l2arc_trim(hdr);
 			arc_hdr_l2hdr_destroy(hdr);
 		}
 
@@ -4831,10 +4846,7 @@ arc_release(arc_buf_t *buf, void *tag)
 		 * to acquire the l2ad_mtx.
 		 */
 		if (HDR_HAS_L2HDR(hdr)) {
-			if (hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr != L2ARC_ADDR_UNSET)
-				trim_map_free(hdr->b_l2hdr.b_dev->l2ad_vdev,
-				    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr,
-				    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize, 0);
+			l2arc_trim(hdr);
 			arc_hdr_l2hdr_destroy(hdr);
 		}
 
@@ -5996,8 +6008,7 @@ top:
 			 * Error - drop L2ARC entry.
 			 */
 			list_remove(buflist, hdr);
-			trim_map_free(hdr->b_l2hdr.b_dev->l2ad_vdev,
-			    hdr->b_l2hdr.b_daddr, hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize, 0);
+			l2arc_trim(hdr);
 			hdr->b_flags &= ~ARC_FLAG_HAS_L2HDR;
 
 			ARCSTAT_INCR(arcstat_l2_asize, -hdr->b_l2hdr.b_asize);