diff --git a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/uio.h b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/uio.h
index 082e930e46..cce097e16f 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/spl/sys/uio.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/spl/sys/uio.h
@@ -179,4 +179,10 @@ zfs_uio_iov_iter_init(zfs_uio_t *uio, struct iov_iter *iter, offset_t offset,
 #define	zfs_uio_iter_iov(iter)	(iter)->iov
 #endif
 
+#if defined(HAVE_IOV_ITER_TYPE)
+#define	zfs_uio_iov_iter_type(iter)	iov_iter_type((iter))
+#else
+#define	zfs_uio_iov_iter_type(iter)	(iter)->type
+#endif
+
 #endif /* SPL_UIO_H */
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
index aedafd6002..f6af2ebd11 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_file.c
@@ -300,13 +300,10 @@ zpl_uio_init(zfs_uio_t *uio, struct kiocb *kiocb, struct iov_iter *to,
 {
 #if defined(HAVE_VFS_IOV_ITER)
 	zfs_uio_iov_iter_init(uio, to, pos, count, skip);
-#elif defined(HAVE_IOV_ITER_TYPE)
-	zfs_uio_iovec_init(uio, zfs_uio_iter_iov(to), to->nr_segs, pos,
-	    iov_iter_type(to) & ITER_KVEC ? UIO_SYSSPACE : UIO_USERSPACE,
-	    count, skip);
 #else
 	zfs_uio_iovec_init(uio, zfs_uio_iter_iov(to), to->nr_segs, pos,
-	    to->type & ITER_KVEC ? UIO_SYSSPACE : UIO_USERSPACE,
+	    zfs_uio_iov_iter_type(to) & ITER_KVEC ?
+	    UIO_SYSSPACE : UIO_USERSPACE,
 	    count, skip);
 #endif
 }