diff --git a/nixos/tests/sanoid.nix b/nixos/tests/sanoid.nix
index 7cef51e42010..3bdbe0a8d8db 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/sanoid.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/sanoid.nix
@@ -85,10 +85,18 @@ in {
         "chown -R syncoid:syncoid /var/lib/syncoid/",
     )
 
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool")) == 0, "Pool shouldn't have delegated permissions set before snapshotting"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/sanoid")) == 0, "Sanoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set before snapshotting"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/syncoid")) == 0, "Syncoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set before snapshotting"
+
     # Take snapshot with sanoid
     source.succeed("touch /mnt/pool/sanoid/test.txt")
     source.systemctl("start --wait sanoid.service")
 
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool")) == 0, "Pool shouldn't have delegated permissions set after snapshotting"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/sanoid")) == 0, "Sanoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set after snapshotting"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/syncoid")) == 0, "Syncoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set after snapshotting"
+
     # Sync snapshots
     target.wait_for_open_port(22)
     source.succeed("touch /mnt/pool/syncoid/test.txt")
@@ -96,5 +104,9 @@ in {
     target.succeed("cat /mnt/pool/sanoid/test.txt")
     source.systemctl("start --wait syncoid-pool-syncoid.service")
     target.succeed("cat /mnt/pool/syncoid/test.txt")
+
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool")) == 0, "Pool shouldn't have delegated permissions set after syncing snapshots"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/sanoid")) == 0, "Sanoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set after syncing snapshots"
+    assert len(source.succeed("zfs allow pool/syncoid")) == 0, "Syncoid dataset shouldn't have delegated permissions set after syncing snapshots"
   '';
 })