diff --git a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
index 287cff0a..903dd9bc 100644
--- a/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
+++ b/src/bin/proxmox-backup-proxy.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ use proxmox_backup::tools::{
     PROXMOX_BACKUP_TCP_KEEPALIVE_TIME,
     disks::{
         DiskManage,
-        zfs_pool_stats,
-        get_pool_from_dataset,
+        zfs_dataset_stats,
     },
 };
 
@@ -1072,16 +1071,16 @@ fn gather_disk_stats(disk_manager: Arc<DiskManage>, path: &Path, rrd_prefix: &st
         Ok(None) => {},
         Ok(Some((fs_type, device, source))) => {
             let mut device_stat = None;
-            match fs_type.as_str() {
-                "zfs" => {
-                    if let Some(source) = source {
-                        let pool = get_pool_from_dataset(&source).unwrap_or(&source);
-                        match zfs_pool_stats(pool) {
-                            Ok(stat) => device_stat = stat,
-                            Err(err) => eprintln!("zfs_pool_stats({:?}) failed - {}", pool, err),
-                        }
+            match (fs_type.as_str(), source) {
+                ("zfs", Some(source)) => match source.into_string() {
+                    Ok(dataset) => match zfs_dataset_stats(&dataset) {
+                        Ok(stat) => device_stat = Some(stat),
+                        Err(err) => eprintln!("zfs_dataset_stats({:?}) failed - {}", dataset, err),
+                    },
+                    Err(source) => {
+                        eprintln!("zfs_pool_stats({:?}) failed - invalid characters", source)
                     }
-                }
+                },
                 _ => {
                     if let Ok(disk) = disk_manager.clone().disk_by_dev_num(device.into_dev_t()) {
                         match disk.read_stat() {
diff --git a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
index 3da4b603..25a3a709 100644
--- a/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
+++ b/src/tools/disks/zfs.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
+use proxmox_schema::const_regex;
+
 use super::*;
 
 lazy_static!{
@@ -16,15 +19,12 @@ lazy_static!{
     };
 }
 
-/// returns pool from dataset path of the form 'rpool/ROOT/pbs-1'
-pub fn get_pool_from_dataset(dataset: &OsStr) -> Option<&OsStr> {
-    if let Some(dataset) = dataset.to_str() {
-        if let Some(idx) = dataset.find('/') {
-            return Some(dataset[0..idx].as_ref());
-        }
+fn get_pool_from_dataset(dataset: &str) -> &str {
+    if let Some(idx) = dataset.find('/') {
+        &dataset[0..idx].as_ref()
+    } else {
+        dataset.as_ref()
     }
-
-    None
 }
 
 /// Returns kernel IO-stats for zfs pools
@@ -97,3 +97,110 @@ pub fn zfs_devices(
     Ok(device_set)
 }
 
+const ZFS_KSTAT_BASE_PATH: &str = "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs";
+const_regex! {
+    OBJSET_REGEX = r"^objset-0x[a-fA-F0-9]+$";
+}
+
+lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref ZFS_DATASET_OBJSET_MAP: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, (String, String)>>> =
+        Arc::new(Mutex::new(HashMap::new()));
+}
+
+// parses /proc/spl/kstat/zfs/POOL/objset-ID files
+// they have the following format:
+//
+// 0 0 0x00 0 0000 00000000000 000000000000000000
+// name                            type data
+// dataset_name                    7    pool/dataset
+// writes                          4    0
+// nwritten                        4    0
+// reads                           4    0
+// nread                           4    0
+// nunlinks                        4    0
+// nunlinked                       4    0
+//
+// we are only interested in the dataset_name, writes, nwrites, reads and nread
+fn parse_objset_stat(pool: &str, objset_id: &str) -> Result<(String, BlockDevStat), Error> {
+    let path = PathBuf::from(format!("{}/{}/{}", ZFS_KSTAT_BASE_PATH, pool, objset_id));
+
+    let text = match proxmox_sys::fs::file_read_optional_string(&path)? {
+        Some(text) => text,
+        None => bail!("could not parse 'objset-{}' stat file", objset_id),
+    };
+
+    let mut dataset_name = String::new();
+    let mut stat = BlockDevStat {
+        read_sectors: 0,
+        write_sectors: 0,
+        read_ios: 0,
+        write_ios: 0,
+        io_ticks: 0,
+    };
+
+    for (i, line) in text.lines().enumerate() {
+        if i < 2 {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let mut parts = line.split_ascii_whitespace();
+        let name = parts.next();
+        parts.next(); // discard type
+        let value = parts.next().ok_or_else(|| format_err!("no value found"))?;
+        match name {
+            Some("dataset_name") => dataset_name = value.to_string(),
+            Some("writes") => stat.write_ios = u64::from_str_radix(value, 10).unwrap_or(0),
+            Some("nwritten") => {
+                stat.write_sectors = u64::from_str_radix(value, 10).unwrap_or(0) / 512
+            }
+            Some("reads") => stat.read_ios = u64::from_str_radix(value, 10).unwrap_or(0),
+            Some("nread") => stat.read_sectors = u64::from_str_radix(value, 10).unwrap_or(0) / 512,
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok((dataset_name, stat))
+}
+
+
+fn get_mapping(dataset: &str) -> Option<(String, String)> {
+    ZFS_DATASET_OBJSET_MAP
+        .lock()
+        .unwrap()
+        .get(dataset)
+        .map(|c| c.to_owned())
+}
+
+/// Updates the dataset <-> objset_map
+pub(crate) fn update_zfs_objset_map(pool: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let mut map = ZFS_DATASET_OBJSET_MAP.lock().unwrap();
+    map.clear();
+    let path = PathBuf::from(format!("{}/{}", ZFS_KSTAT_BASE_PATH, pool));
+
+    proxmox_sys::fs::scandir(
+        libc::AT_FDCWD,
+        &path,
+        &OBJSET_REGEX,
+        |_l2_fd, filename, _type| {
+            let (name, _) = parse_objset_stat(pool, filename)?;
+            map.insert(name, (pool.to_string(), filename.to_string()));
+            Ok(())
+        },
+    )?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Gets io stats for the dataset from /proc/spl/kstat/zfs/POOL/objset-ID
+pub fn zfs_dataset_stats(dataset: &str) -> Result<BlockDevStat, Error> {
+    let mut mapping = get_mapping(dataset);
+    if mapping.is_none() {
+        let pool = get_pool_from_dataset(dataset);
+        update_zfs_objset_map(pool)?;
+        mapping = get_mapping(dataset);
+    }
+    let (pool, objset_id) =
+        mapping.ok_or_else(|| format_err!("could not find objset id for dataset"))?;
+    let (_, stat) = parse_objset_stat(&pool, &objset_id)?;
+    Ok(stat)
+}