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 2cd2f4763a73..e52b34ec8a51 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
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ log_must set_tunable64 TXG_TIMEOUT 5000
 
 log_must zpool create -o feature@block_cloning=enabled $TESTPOOL $DISKS
 
+log_must sync_pool $TESTPOOL true
+
 log_must dd if=/dev/urandom of=/$TESTPOOL/file bs=128K count=4
 log_must clonefile -f /$TESTPOOL/file /$TESTPOOL/clone 0 0 524288