diff --git a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
index 7692200ab250..45cf6fdfc409 100644
--- a/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
+++ b/module/os/freebsd/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
@@ -6290,7 +6290,7 @@ zfs_freebsd_copy_file_range(struct vop_copy_file_range_args *ap)
 
 	error = zfs_clone_range(VTOZ(invp), ap->a_inoffp, VTOZ(outvp),
 	    ap->a_outoffp, &len, ap->a_outcred);
-	if (error == EXDEV)
+	if (error == EXDEV || error == EOPNOTSUPP)
 		goto bad_locked_fallback;
 	*ap->a_lenp = (size_t)len;
 out_locked:
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
index 3ebd2d0ff7c5..54ea43363bfc 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_vnops.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,16 @@ zfs_clone_range(znode_t *inzp, uint64_t *inoffp, znode_t *outzp,
 		return (SET_ERROR(EXDEV));
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * outos and inos belongs to the same storage pool.
+	 * see a few lines above, only one check.
+	 */
+	if (!spa_feature_is_enabled(dmu_objset_spa(outos),
+	    SPA_FEATURE_BLOCK_CLONING)) {
+		zfs_exit_two(inzfsvfs, outzfsvfs, FTAG);
+		return (SET_ERROR(EOPNOTSUPP));
+	}
+
 	ASSERT(!outzfsvfs->z_replay);
 
 	error = zfs_verify_zp(inzp);
@@ -1088,12 +1098,6 @@ zfs_clone_range(znode_t *inzp, uint64_t *inoffp, znode_t *outzp,
 		return (error);
 	}
 
-	if (!spa_feature_is_enabled(dmu_objset_spa(outos),
-	    SPA_FEATURE_BLOCK_CLONING)) {
-		zfs_exit_two(inzfsvfs, outzfsvfs, FTAG);
-		return (SET_ERROR(EXDEV));
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * We don't copy source file's flags that's why we don't allow to clone
 	 * files that are in quarantine.