diff --git a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
index 03b67438d7b62c9..045431eb001ed93 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/tasks/filesystems/zfs.nix
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ in
           lib.nameValuePair "zfs-sync-${pool}" {
             description = "Sync ZFS pool \"${pool}\"";
             wantedBy = [ "shutdown.target" ];
+            before = [ "final.target" ];
             unitConfig = {
               DefaultDependencies = false;
             };