diff --git a/config/spl-build.m4 b/config/spl-build.m4
index eef3a76aea..83cefabd42 100644
--- a/config/spl-build.m4
+++ b/config/spl-build.m4
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	SPL_AC_SHRINK_CONTROL_STRUCT
 	SPL_AC_RWSEM_SPINLOCK_IS_RAW
 	SPL_AC_SCHED_RT_HEADER
+	SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_MODULE_SYMVERS], [
@@ -2237,3 +2238,34 @@ AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_SCHED_RT_HEADER],
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 	])
 ])
+
+dnl #
+dnl # 3.9 API change,
+dnl # vfs_getattr() uses 2 args
+dnl # It takes struct path * instead of struct vfsmount * and struct dentry *
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([SPL_AC_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether vfs_getattr() wants])
+	SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
+		#include <linux/fs.h>
+	],[
+		vfs_getattr((struct path *) NULL,
+			(struct kstat *)NULL);
+	],[
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(2 args)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR, 1,
+		          [vfs_getattr wants 2 args])
+	],[
+		SPL_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
+			#include <linux/fs.h>
+		],[
+			vfs_getattr((struct vfsmount *)NULL,
+				(struct dentry *)NULL,
+				(struct kstat *)NULL);
+		],[
+			AC_MSG_RESULT(3 args)
+		],[
+			AC_MSG_ERROR(unknown)
+		])
+	])
+])
diff --git a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
index fb8f1fc7e4..e264fba050 100644
--- a/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
+++ b/module/spl/spl-vnode.c
@@ -175,7 +175,11 @@ vn_open(const char *path, uio_seg_t seg, int flags, int mode,
 	if (IS_ERR(fp))
 		SRETURN(-PTR_ERR(fp));
 
+#ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR
+	rc = vfs_getattr(&fp->f_path, &stat);
+#else
 	rc = vfs_getattr(fp->f_path.mnt, fp->f_dentry, &stat);
+#endif
 	if (rc) {
 		filp_close(fp, 0);
 		SRETURN(-rc);
@@ -602,7 +606,11 @@ vn_getattr(vnode_t *vp, vattr_t *vap, int flags, void *x3, void *x4)
 
 	fp = vp->v_file;
 
-        rc = vfs_getattr(fp->f_path.mnt, fp->f_dentry, &stat);
+#ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR
+	rc = vfs_getattr(&fp->f_path, &stat);
+#else
+	rc = vfs_getattr(fp->f_path.mnt, fp->f_dentry, &stat);
+#endif
 	if (rc)
 		SRETURN(-rc);
 
@@ -754,7 +762,12 @@ vn_getf(int fd)
 	if (vp == NULL)
 		SGOTO(out_fget, rc);
 
-        if (vfs_getattr(lfp->f_path.mnt, lfp->f_dentry, &stat))
+#ifdef HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR
+	rc = vfs_getattr(&lfp->f_path, &stat);
+#else
+	rc = vfs_getattr(lfp->f_path.mnt, lfp->f_dentry, &stat);
+#endif
+        if (rc)
 		SGOTO(out_vnode, rc);
 
 	mutex_enter(&vp->v_lock);