diff --git a/zabbix_scripts/check_zfs b/zabbix_scripts/check_zfs
index 4e00045..742ea26 100644
--- a/zabbix_scripts/check_zfs
+++ b/zabbix_scripts/check_zfs
@@ -163,13 +163,20 @@ sub convert_suffix {
 sub get_zpool_stats {
   my $pool = shift;
   my $stats = {};
-  return $stats unless (-e "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs/$pool/io");
-  open STAT, "</proc/spl/kstat/zfs/$pool/io";
-  while (<STAT>){
-    if (m/^(?<nread>\d+)\s+(?<nwritten>\d+)\s+(?<reads>\d+)\s+(?<writes>\d+)\s+(?<wtime>\d+)\s+(?<wlentime>\d+)\s+(?<wupdate>\d+)\s+(?<rtime>\d+)\s+(?<rlentime>\d+)\s+(?<rupdate>\d+)\s+(?<wcnt>\d+)\s+(?<rcnt>\d+)/){
-      $stats->{$_} = $+{$_} foreach (keys %+);
+  open UPTIME, "</proc/uptime";
+  $_ = <UPTIME>;
+  chomp;
+  my ($uptime , undef) = split;
+  $uptime = int $uptime;
+  close UPTIME;
+  foreach my $line (qx($zpool iostat $pool -pH)){
+    if ($line =~ m/^$pool\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(?<reads>\d+)\s+(?<writes>\d+)\s+(?<nread>\d+)\s+(?<nwritten>\d+)/){
+      # zpool iostat shows average IO since boot, so just multiply it
+      # by the uptime in seconds to get cumulated IO since boot
+      # Zabbix server will then be able to calculate the delta between two values
+      $stats->{$_} = $+{$_} * $uptime foreach (keys %+);
+      last;
     }
   }
-  close STAT;
   return $stats;
 }