diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
index 38c1d8e9e464..0ea55ba39a0d 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
@@ -1018,21 +1018,6 @@ vdev_geom_io_intr(struct bio *bp)
 		zio->io_error = SET_ERROR(EIO);
 
 	switch (zio->io_error) {
-	case ENOTSUP:
-		/*
-		 * If we get ENOTSUP for BIO_FLUSH or BIO_DELETE we know
-		 * that future attempts will never succeed. In this case
-		 * we set a persistent flag so that we don't bother with
-		 * requests in the future.
-		 */
-		switch (bp->bio_cmd) {
-		case BIO_FLUSH:
-			vd->vdev_nowritecache = B_TRUE;
-			break;
-		case BIO_DELETE:
-			break;
-		}
-		break;
 	case ENXIO:
 		if (!vd->vdev_remove_wanted) {
 			/*
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index e69c5f3841ec..2c963bb05c80 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -1232,9 +1232,6 @@ BIO_END_IO_PROTO(vdev_disk_io_flush_completion, bio, error)
 	zio->io_error = -error;
 #endif
 
-	if (zio->io_error && (zio->io_error == EOPNOTSUPP))
-		zio->io_vd->vdev_nowritecache = B_TRUE;
-
 	bio_put(bio);
 	ASSERT3S(zio->io_error, >=, 0);
 	if (zio->io_error)
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index 68ac089fc78c..db922e57ffaf 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -4274,11 +4274,14 @@ 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;