diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_chksum.c b/module/zfs/zfs_chksum.c
index f890b1103934..cd20ec69802b 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_chksum.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_chksum.c
@@ -50,9 +50,17 @@ typedef struct {
 	zio_checksum_tmpl_free_t *(free);
 } chksum_stat_t;
 
+#define	LIMIT_INIT	0
+#define	LIMIT_NEEDED	1
+#define	LIMIT_NOLIMIT	-1
+
+static int limit = LIMIT_INIT;
 static int chksum_stat_cnt = 0;
 static chksum_stat_t *chksum_stat_data = 0;
 
+typedef int (*kstat_headers_f)(char *buf, size_t size);
+kstat_headers_f chksum_kstat_headers;
+
 /*
  * i3-1005G1 test output:
  *
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ static chksum_stat_t *chksum_stat_data = 0;
  * blake3-avx512     473    2687    4905    5836    5844    5643    5374
  */
 static int
-chksum_stat_kstat_headers(char *buf, size_t size)
+chksum_kstat_headers_full(char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	ssize_t off = 0;
 
@@ -93,7 +101,22 @@ chksum_stat_kstat_headers(char *buf, size_t size)
 }
 
 static int
-chksum_stat_kstat_data(char *buf, size_t size, void *data)
+chksum_kstat_headers_mini(char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	ssize_t off = 0;
+
+	off += snprintf(buf + off, size, "%-23s", "implementation");
+	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8s", "1k");
+	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8s", "4k");
+	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8s", "16k");
+	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8s", "64k");
+	(void) snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8s", "256k\n");
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
+static int
+chksum_kstat_data(char *buf, size_t size, void *data)
 {
 	chksum_stat_t *cs;
 	ssize_t off = 0;
@@ -110,6 +133,14 @@ chksum_stat_kstat_data(char *buf, size_t size, void *data)
 	    (u_longlong_t)cs->bs16k);
 	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8llu",
 	    (u_longlong_t)cs->bs64k);
+
+	/* no benchmark >= 1MiB will be done */
+	if (cs->bs1m == 0) {
+		off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8llu\n",
+		    (u_longlong_t)cs->bs256k);
+		return (0);
+	}
+
 	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8llu",
 	    (u_longlong_t)cs->bs256k);
 	off += snprintf(buf + off, size - off, "%8llu",
@@ -123,7 +154,7 @@ chksum_stat_kstat_data(char *buf, size_t size, void *data)
 }
 
 static void *
-chksum_stat_kstat_addr(kstat_t *ksp, loff_t n)
+chksum_kstat_addr(kstat_t *ksp, loff_t n)
 {
 	if (n < chksum_stat_cnt)
 		ksp->ks_private = (void *)(chksum_stat_data + n);
@@ -176,6 +207,7 @@ chksum_run(chksum_stat_t *cs, abd_t *abd, void *ctx, int round,
 	*result = run_bw/1024/1024; /* MiB/s */
 }
 
+
 static void
 chksum_benchit(chksum_stat_t *cs)
 {
@@ -184,9 +216,8 @@ chksum_benchit(chksum_stat_t *cs)
 	void *salt = &cs->salt.zcs_bytes;
 
 	memset(salt, 0, sizeof (cs->salt.zcs_bytes));
-	if (cs->init) {
+	if (cs->init)
 		ctx = cs->init(&cs->salt);
-	}
 
 	/* allocate test memory via abd linear interface */
 	abd = abd_alloc_linear(1<<20, B_FALSE);
@@ -195,6 +226,22 @@ chksum_benchit(chksum_stat_t *cs)
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 3, &cs->bs16k);
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 4, &cs->bs64k);
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 5, &cs->bs256k);
+
+	/* check if we ran on a slow cpu */
+	if (limit == LIMIT_INIT) {
+		if (cs->bs1k < 300) {
+			limit = LIMIT_NEEDED;
+			chksum_kstat_headers = chksum_kstat_headers_mini;
+		} else {
+			limit = LIMIT_NOLIMIT;
+			chksum_kstat_headers = chksum_kstat_headers_full;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* skip benchmarks >= 1MiB, when edonr is slower then 300 MiB */
+	if (limit == LIMIT_NEEDED)
+		goto abort;
+
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 6, &cs->bs1m);
 	abd_free(abd);
 
@@ -202,12 +249,13 @@ chksum_benchit(chksum_stat_t *cs)
 	abd = abd_alloc(1<<24, B_FALSE);
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 7, &cs->bs4m);
 	chksum_run(cs, abd, ctx, 8, &cs->bs16m);
+
+abort:
 	abd_free(abd);
 
 	/* free up temp memory */
-	if (cs->free) {
+	if (cs->free)
 		cs->free(ctx);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -303,9 +351,9 @@ chksum_init(void)
 		chksum_kstat->ks_data = NULL;
 		chksum_kstat->ks_ndata = UINT32_MAX;
 		kstat_set_raw_ops(chksum_kstat,
-		    chksum_stat_kstat_headers,
-		    chksum_stat_kstat_data,
-		    chksum_stat_kstat_addr);
+		    chksum_kstat_headers,
+		    chksum_kstat_data,
+		    chksum_kstat_addr);
 		kstat_install(chksum_kstat);
 	}