diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
index b7ff1063b089..7aaa42bfb1a8 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/vdev_geom.c
@@ -1014,21 +1014,6 @@ 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 6a66a72b91a9..e8bd513e6909 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -1198,9 +1198,8 @@ vdev_disk_io_flush_completion(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	zio_t *zio = bio->bi_private;
 	zio->io_error = bi_status_to_errno(bio->bi_status);
-
-	if (zio->io_error && (zio->io_error == EOPNOTSUPP))
-		zio->io_vd->vdev_nowritecache = B_TRUE;
+	if (zio->io_error == EOPNOTSUPP || zio->io_error == ENOTTY)
+		zio->io_error = SET_ERROR(ENOTSUP);
 
 	bio_put(bio);
 	ASSERT3S(zio->io_error, >=, 0);
diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index f13228051dec..bd6752f00ac5 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -4606,13 +4606,13 @@ zio_vdev_io_assess(zio_t *zio)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * If a cache flush returns ENOTSUP or ENOTTY, we know that no future
+	 * If a cache flush returns ENOTSUP 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, 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) {
+	if (zio->io_error == ENOTSUP && zio->io_type == ZIO_TYPE_FLUSH &&
+	    vd != NULL) {
 		vd->vdev_nowritecache = B_TRUE;
 		zio->io_error = 0;
 	}