diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_checksum.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_checksum.ksh
index eeff6575f0f4..4f661262a72d 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_checksum.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_checksum.ksh
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ listing=$(ls -i $init_data)
 set -A array $listing
 obj=${array[0]}
 log_note "file $init_data has object number $obj"
+sync_pool $TESTPOOL
 
 output=$(zdb -ddddddbbbbbb $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS $obj 2> /dev/null \
     |grep -m 1 "L0 DVA" |head -n1)
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_objset_id.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_objset_id.ksh
index f0c1076c97bd..d23cc43c90ef 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_objset_id.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zdb/zdb_objset_id.ksh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ listing=$(ls -i $init_data)
 set -A array $listing
 obj=${array[0]}
 log_note "file $init_data has object number $obj"
+sync_pool $TESTPOOL
 
 output=$(zdb -d $TESTPOOL/$TESTFS)
 objset_id=$(echo $output | awk '{split($0,array,",")} END{print array[2]}' |