diff --git a/system/zfs b/system/zfs
index 2428320313e..162ac797418 100644
--- a/system/zfs
+++ b/system/zfs
@@ -316,9 +316,9 @@ class Zfs(object):
         cmd.append('get -H all')
         cmd.append(self.name)
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(' '.join(cmd))
-        properties=dict()
+        properties = dict()
         for l in out.splitlines():
-            p, v = l.split()[1:3]
+            p, v = l.split('\t')[1:3]
             properties[p] = v
         return properties