1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sbin/geom/class/eli/geom_eli.c b/sbin/geom/class/eli/geom_eli.c
index fe7d1974ba48c..26233d9afdf60 100644
--- a/sbin/geom/class/eli/geom_eli.c
+++ b/sbin/geom/class/eli/geom_eli.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,9 @@ eli_setkey_detached(struct gctl_req *req, const char *prov,
 
 	val = gctl_get_intmax(req, "iterations");
 	/* Check if iterations number should and can be changed. */
-	if (val != -1) {
+	if (val != -1 && md->md_iterations == -1) {
+		md->md_iterations = val;
+	} else if (val != -1 && val != md->md_iterations) {
 		if (bitcount32(md->md_keys) != 1) {
 			gctl_error(req, "To be able to use '-i' option, only "
 			    "one key can be defined.");