diff --git a/types.nix b/types.nix
index 256d2f0..219e929 100644
--- a/types.nix
+++ b/types.nix
@@ -1159,7 +1159,9 @@ rec {
             ${concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (n: v: "-o ${n}=${v}") config.options)} \
             ${concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (n: v: "-O ${n}=${v}") config.rootFsOptions)} \
             ''${ZFSDEVICES_${config.name}}
-          zfs set ${concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (n: v: "${n}=${v}") config.optionsAfterCreate)} ${config.name}
+          ${lib.optionalString
+            (config.optionsAfterCreate != {})
+            "zfs set ${concatStringsSep " " (mapAttrsToList (n: v: "${n}=${v}") config.optionsAfterCreate)} ${config.name}"}
           ${concatMapStrings (dataset: dataset._create config.name) (attrValues config.datasets)}
         '';
         description = "Creation script";