diff --git a/lib/types/zfs_volume.nix b/lib/types/zfs_volume.nix
index 8f2b60a4..00703550 100644
--- a/lib/types/zfs_volume.nix
+++ b/lib/types/zfs_volume.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
       default = config._module.args.name;
       description = "Name of the dataset";
     };
+    _name = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "${config._parent.name}/${config.name}";
+      internal = true;
+      description = "Fully quantified name for dataset";
+    };
     type = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.enum [ "zfs_volume" ];
       default = "zfs_volume";
@@ -61,8 +67,8 @@
     _create = diskoLib.mkCreateOption {
       inherit config options;
       default = ''
-        if ! zfs get type "${config._parent.name}/${config.name}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          zfs create "${config._parent.name}/${config.name}" \
+        if ! zfs get type "${config._name}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          zfs create "${config._name}" \
             ${lib.concatStringsSep " " (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: "-o ${n}=${v}") config.options)} \
             -V ${config.size} ${toString (builtins.map lib.escapeShellArg config.extraArgs)}
           zvol_wait
@@ -78,8 +84,8 @@
       default = {
         dev = ''
           ${lib.optionalString (config.options.keylocation or "none" != "none") ''
-            if [ "$(zfs get keystatus ${config.name} -H -o value)" == "unavailable" ]; then
-              zfs load-key ${config.name}
+            if [ "$(zfs get keystatus ${config._name} -H -o value)" == "unavailable" ]; then
+              zfs load-key ${config._name}
             fi
           ''}
 
@@ -92,9 +98,11 @@
       inherit config options;
       default = {
         dev = ''
-          ${lib.optionalString (
-            config.options.keylocation or "none" != "none"
-          ) "zfs unload-key ${config.name}"}
+          ${lib.optionalString (config.options.keylocation or "none" != "none") ''
+            if [ "$(zfs get keystatus ${config._name} -H -o value)" == "available" ]; then
+              zfs unload-key ${config._name}
+            fi
+          ''}
 
           ${config.content._unmount.dev or ""}
         '';