diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/block_cloning/block_cloning_copyfilerange_fallback_same_txg.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/block_cloning/block_cloning_copyfilerange_fallback_same_txg.ksh
index 17ce5c9ba784..2cd2f4763a73 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/block_cloning/block_cloning_copyfilerange_fallback_same_txg.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/block_cloning/block_cloning_copyfilerange_fallback_same_txg.ksh
@@ -1,67 +1,66 @@
 #!/bin/ksh -p
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 . $STF_SUITE/include/libtest.shlib
 . $STF_SUITE/tests/functional/block_cloning/block_cloning.kshlib
 
 verify_runnable "global"
 
 if [[ $(linux_version) -lt $(linux_version "4.5") ]]; then
   log_unsupported "copy_file_range not available before Linux 4.5"
 fi
 
 claim="copy_file_range will fall back to copy when cloning on same txg"
 
 log_assert $claim
 
 typeset timeout=$(get_tunable TXG_TIMEOUT)
 
 function cleanup
 {
 	datasetexists $TESTPOOL && destroy_pool $TESTPOOL
 	set_tunable64 TXG_TIMEOUT $timeout
 }
 
 log_onexit cleanup
 
 log_must set_tunable64 TXG_TIMEOUT 5000
-log_must sync_pool $TESTPOOL true
 
 log_must zpool create -o feature@block_cloning=enabled $TESTPOOL $DISKS
 
 log_must dd if=/dev/urandom of=/$TESTPOOL/file bs=128K count=4
 log_must clonefile -f /$TESTPOOL/file /$TESTPOOL/clone 0 0 524288
 
 log_must sync_pool $TESTPOOL
 
 log_must have_same_content /$TESTPOOL/file /$TESTPOOL/clone
 
 typeset blocks=$(get_same_blocks $TESTPOOL file $TESTPOOL clone)
 log_must [ "$blocks" = "" ]
 
 log_pass $claim