diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-generic.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-generic.c
index 36fdff72a1..91eeaccfdc 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-generic.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-generic.c
@@ -586,8 +586,10 @@ spl_getattr(struct file *filp, struct kstat *stat)
 	    AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
 #elif defined(HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR)
 	rc = vfs_getattr(&filp->f_path, stat);
-#else
+#elif defined(HAVE_3ARGS_VFS_GETATTR)
 	rc = vfs_getattr(filp->f_path.mnt, filp->f_dentry, stat);
+#else
+#error "No available vfs_getattr()"
 #endif
 	if (rc)
 		return (-rc);
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_file_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_file_os.c
index 99c6ffc959..35e647375d 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_file_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_file_os.c
@@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ zfs_file_getattr(zfs_file_t *filp, zfs_file_attr_t *zfattr)
 	    AT_STATX_SYNC_AS_STAT);
 #elif defined(HAVE_2ARGS_VFS_GETATTR)
 	rc = vfs_getattr(&filp->f_path, &stat);
-#else
+#elif defined(HAVE_3ARGS_VFS_GETATTR)
 	rc = vfs_getattr(filp->f_path.mnt, filp->f_dentry, &stat);
+#else
+#error "No available vfs_getattr()"
 #endif
 	if (rc)
 		return (-rc);