diff --git a/config/kernel-create-umode-t.m4 b/config/kernel-mkdir-umode-t.m4
similarity index 77%
rename from config/kernel-create-umode-t.m4
rename to config/kernel-mkdir-umode-t.m4
index f88113f405..dd5d94ba97 100644
--- a/config/kernel-create-umode-t.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-mkdir-umode-t.m4
@@ -6,19 +6,18 @@ dnl # would also change all three prototypes.  However, if it turns out that
 dnl # some distribution doesn't backport the whole thing this could be
 dnl # broken apart in to three seperate checks.
 dnl #
-AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CREATE_UMODE_T], [
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MKDIR_UMODE_T], [
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether iops->create()/mkdir()/mknod() take umode_t])
 	ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
 		#include <linux/fs.h>
 	],[
-		int (*create) (struct inode *, struct dentry *, umode_t,
-		    struct nameidata *) = NULL;
+		int (*mkdir) (struct inode *,struct dentry *,umode_t) = NULL;
 		struct inode_operations iops __attribute__ ((unused)) = {
-			.create = create,
+			.mkdir = mkdir,
 		};
 	],[
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CREATE_UMODE_T, 1,
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_MKDIR_UMODE_T, 1,
 		    [iops->create()/mkdir()/mknod() take umode_t])
 	],[
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index dd01fb28b4..13238d8ac2 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_CONFIG_KERNEL], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_NR_CACHED_OBJECTS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_FREE_CACHED_OBJECTS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_FALLOCATE
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MKDIR_UMODE_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_LOOKUP_NAMEIDATA
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CREATE_NAMEIDATA
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TRUNCATE_RANGE
-	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CREATE_UMODE_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_AUTOMOUNT
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_ENCODE_FH_WITH_INODE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_COMMIT_METADATA
diff --git a/include/linux/vfs_compat.h b/include/linux/vfs_compat.h
index 7181625dfd..c4e1771ae5 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfs_compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfs_compat.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ set_nlink(struct inode *inode, unsigned int nlink)
  * umode_t type rather than an int.  To cleanly handle both definitions
  * the zpl_umode_t type is introduced and set accordingly.
  */
-#ifdef HAVE_CREATE_UMODE_T
+#ifdef HAVE_MKDIR_UMODE_T
 typedef	umode_t		zpl_umode_t;
 #else
 typedef	int		zpl_umode_t;