diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index b4f63e19c4..6163b2fbfb 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ typedef int fstrans_cookie_t;
 
 extern fstrans_cookie_t spl_fstrans_mark(void);
 extern void spl_fstrans_unmark(fstrans_cookie_t);
-extern int spl_fstrans_check(void);
+extern int __spl_pf_fstrans_check(void);
 
 #endif /* _KERNEL */
 #endif	/* _SYS_ZFS_CONTEXT_H */
diff --git a/lib/libzpool/kernel.c b/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
index 40b96dabaf..ed9c1a9ef7 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
+++ b/lib/libzpool/kernel.c
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ spl_fstrans_unmark(fstrans_cookie_t cookie)
 }
 
 int
-spl_fstrans_check(void)
+__spl_pf_fstrans_check(void)
 {
 	return (0);
 }
diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_file.c b/module/zfs/vdev_file.c
index 54a50c318f..c5e64520d3 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_file.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_file.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ vdev_file_io_start(zio_t *zio)
 			 * already set, see xfs_vm_writepage().  Therefore
 			 * the sync must be dispatched to a different context.
 			 */
-			if (spl_fstrans_check()) {
+			if (__spl_pf_fstrans_check()) {
 				VERIFY3U(taskq_dispatch(vdev_file_taskq,
 				    vdev_file_io_fsync, zio, TQ_SLEEP), !=,
 				    TASKQID_INVALID);