diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 9402d8592e..e544fa7bde 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
                  LINUX_HAVE_WRITE_BEGIN_AOP
                  LINUX_HAVE_GRAB_CACHE_PAGE_WRITE_BEGIN
                  LINUX_STRUCT_TASK_HAS_CRED
+                 LINUX_STRUCT_PROC_DIR_ENTRY_HAS_OWNER
                  LINUX_KMEM_CACHE_INIT
 		 LINUX_HAVE_BDI_INIT
 		 LINUX_HAVE_KMEM_CACHE_T
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_module.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_module.c
index 12ac6948da..7807b66623 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_module.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_module.c
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ afsproc_init(void)
 
     entry1->proc_fops = &afs_syscall_fops;
 
+#if defined(STRUCT_PROC_DIR_ENTRY_HAS_OWNER)
     entry1->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_KERNEL_LINUX_SEQ_FILE_H
     entry2 = create_proc_entry(PROC_CELLSERVDB_NAME, 0, openafs_procfs);
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
index 409dd05759..b8093a1b9b 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
@@ -1138,3 +1138,17 @@ _u =_t.cred->uid ;],
   if test "x$ac_cv_linux_struct_task_has_cred" = "xyes"; then
     AC_DEFINE([STRUCT_TASK_HAS_CRED], 1, [define if struct task has a cred pointer])
   fi])
+
+AC_DEFUN([LINUX_STRUCT_PROC_DIR_ENTRY_HAS_OWNER], [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if struct proc_dir_entry_has_owner])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_linux_struct_proc_dir_entry_has_owner], [
+    AC_TRY_KBUILD(
+[#include <linux/proc_fs.h>],
+[struct proc_dir_entry _p;
+_p.owner= "";],
+      ac_cv_linux_struct_proc_dir_entry_has_owner=yes,
+      ac_cv_linux_struct_proc_dir_entry_has_owner=no)])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_linux_struct_proc_dir_entry_has_owner)
+  if test "x$ac_cv_linux_struct_proc_dir_entry_has_owner" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([STRUCT_PROC_DIR_ENTRY_HAS_OWNER], 1, [define if struct proc_dir_entry has an owner member])
+  fi])