Index: sys/cam/ata/ata_da.c
===================================================================
--- sys/cam/ata/ata_da.c
+++ sys/cam/ata/ata_da.c
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@
 			    PAGE_SIZE == bp->bio_ma_n,
 			    ("Short bio %p", bp));
 			cam_fill_ataio(ataio,
-			    ada_retry_count,
+			    (bp->bio_flags & BIO_NORETRY) != 0 ? 0 : ada_retry_count,
 			    adadone,
 			    rw_op,
 			    0,
Index: sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev_geom.c
===================================================================
--- sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev_geom.c
+++ sys/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/uts/common/fs/zfs/vdev_geom.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@
 		zio->io_target_timestamp = zio_handle_io_delay(zio);
 		bp->bio_offset = zio->io_offset;
 		bp->bio_length = zio->io_size;
+		if ((zio->io_flags & (ZIO_FLAG_IO_RETRY|ZIO_FLAG_TRYHARD)) == 0)
+			bp->bio_flags |= BIO_NORETRY;
 		if (zio->io_type == ZIO_TYPE_READ) {
 			bp->bio_cmd = BIO_READ;
 			bp->bio_data =
Index: sys/geom/geom_io.c
===================================================================
--- sys/geom/geom_io.c
+++ sys/geom/geom_io.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 		 *  Other bio flags are not suitable for cloning.
 		 */
 		bp2->bio_flags = bp->bio_flags &
-		    (BIO_ORDERED | BIO_UNMAPPED | BIO_VLIST);
+		    (BIO_ORDERED | BIO_UNMAPPED | BIO_VLIST | BIO_NORETRY);
 		bp2->bio_length = bp->bio_length;
 		bp2->bio_offset = bp->bio_offset;
 		bp2->bio_data = bp->bio_data;
Index: sys/sys/bio.h
===================================================================
--- sys/sys/bio.h
+++ sys/sys/bio.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
 #define	BIO_UNMAPPED	0x10
 #define	BIO_TRANSIENT_MAPPING	0x20
 #define	BIO_VLIST	0x40
+/*
+ * This is a fail-fast bio, the issuer does not want the storage stack to
+ * ever retry it, the issuer will handle the retrying if needed.
+ */
+#define	BIO_NORETRY	0x80
 
 #ifdef _KERNEL
 struct disk;