diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/disk_/availability.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/disk_/availability.py
index 07a0afeeccb0a..6dc88f98bfc85 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/disk_/availability.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/disk_/availability.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ async def details_impl(self, data):
         in_use_disks_imported = {}
         for in_use_disk, info in (
             await self.middleware.call('zpool.status', {'real_paths': True})
-        )['disks'].items():
+        )['.disks'].items():
             in_use_disks_imported[in_use_disk] = info['pool_name']
 
         in_use_disks_exported = {}
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/webui/enclosure.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/webui/enclosure.py
index ea1e2ffe4da13..5697e4db8e11a 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/webui/enclosure.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/webui/enclosure.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def dashboard_impl(self):
                         # work with UI to remove unnecessary ones
                         self.map_disk_details(slot_info, disk_deets)
 
-                        if pool_info := disks_to_pools['disks'].get(slot_info['dev']):
+                        if pool_info := disks_to_pools['.disks'].get(slot_info['dev']):
                             # now map zpool info
                             self.map_zpool_info(enc['id'], disk_slot, slot_info['dev'], pool_info)
 
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
index d73782e862c02..5d7e795ad6cf6 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/zfs_/pool_status.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def status(self, data):
 
         An example of what this returns looks like the following:
             {
-              "disks": {
+              ".disks": {
                 "/dev/disk/by-partuuid/d9cfa346-8623-402f-9bfe-a8256de902ec": {
                   "pool_name": "evo",
                   "disk_status": "ONLINE",
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ def status(self, data):
         """
         pools = get_zpool_status(data.get('name'))
 
-        final = {'disks': dict()}
+        # Yes, the key is prefixed with a period and is not
+        # a mistake. A user can name their zpool "disks"
+        # which would cause a key collision
+        final = {'.disks': dict()}
         for pool_name, pool_info in pools.items():
             final[pool_name] = dict()
             # We need some normalization for data vdev here
@@ -136,6 +139,6 @@ def status(self, data):
                 # this was designed, primarily, for the
                 # `webui.enclosure.dashboard` endpoint
                 final[pool_name][vdev_type] = info
-                final['disks'].update(info)
+                final['.disks'].update(info)
 
         return final
diff --git a/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py b/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
index 9ca5e462ff4ee..88a1df0648718 100644
--- a/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
+++ b/tests/api2/test_zpool_status.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def get_disk_uuid_mapping(unused_disks):
 def get_pool_status(unused_disks, real_paths=False, replaced=False):
     disk_uuid_mapping = get_disk_uuid_mapping(unused_disks)
     return {
-        'disks': {
+        '.disks': {
             f'{disk_uuid_mapping[unused_disks[4]] if not real_paths else unused_disks[4]}': {
                 'pool_name': POOL_NAME,
                 'disk_status': 'AVAIL' if not replaced else 'ONLINE',