diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index f5a36aa993..e7a5cc460c 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 		 LINUX_DEFINES_PREV_TASK
 		 LINUX_FS_STRUCT_SUPER_HAS_ALLOC_INODE
 		 LINUX_FS_STRUCT_SUPER_BLOCK_HAS_S_BDI
+		 LINUX_STRUCT_BDI_HAS_NAME
 	         LINUX_FS_STRUCT_ADDRESS_SPACE_HAS_PAGE_LOCK
 	         LINUX_FS_STRUCT_ADDRESS_SPACE_HAS_GFP_MASK
 		 LINUX_FS_STRUCT_INODE_HAS_I_ALLOC_SEM
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vfsops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vfsops.c
index abb15e6f14..7305736eb8 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vfsops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vfsops.c
@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ afs_read_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #if defined(HAVE_BDI_INIT)
     bdi_init(afs_backing_dev_info);
 #endif
+#if defined(STRUCT_BDI_HAS_NAME)
     afs_backing_dev_info->name = "openafs";
+#endif
     afs_backing_dev_info->ra_pages = 0;
 #if defined (STRUCT_SUPER_BLOCK_HAS_S_BDI)
     sb->s_bdi = afs_backing_dev_info;
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
index c3f1bf9d26..2677f04d02 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
@@ -1247,3 +1247,17 @@ _t.ctl_name = 0;],
   if test "x$ac_cv_linux_struct_ctl_table_has_ctl_name" = "xyes"; then
     AC_DEFINE([STRUCT_CTL_TABLE_HAS_CTL_NAME], 1, [define if struct ctl_table has a ctl_name member])
   fi])
+
+AC_DEFUN([LINUX_STRUCT_BDI_HAS_NAME], [
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([if struct backing_dev_info has name])
+  AC_CACHE_VAL([ac_cv_linux_struct_bdi_has_name], [
+    AC_TRY_KBUILD(
+[#include <linux/backing-dev.h>],
+[struct backing_dev_info _bdi;
+_bdi.name = NULL;],
+      ac_cv_linux_struct_bdi_has_name=yes,
+      ac_cv_linux_struct_bdi_has_name=no)])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_linux_struct_bdi_has_name)
+  if test "x$ac_cv_linux_struct_bdi_has_name" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([STRUCT_BDI_HAS_NAME], 1, [define if struct backing_dev_info has a name member])
+  fi])