diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 65067aea58..f8edc67e02 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ case $AFS_SYSNAME in *_linux* | *_umlinux*)
 	  	 LINUX_AOP_WRITEBACK_CONTROL
 		 LINUX_FS_STRUCT_FOP_HAS_SPLICE
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_POSIX_LOCK_FILE_WAIT_ARG
+		 LINUX_KERNEL_PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG
 		 LINUX_POSIX_TEST_LOCK_RETURNS_CONFLICT
 		 LINUX_POSIX_TEST_LOCK_CONFLICT_ARG
 		 LINUX_KERNEL_SOCK_CREATE
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
index de49298002..5e2818bcab 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,11 @@ afs_linux_readpage_fastpath(struct file *fp, struct page *pp, int *codep)
 	AFS_GLOCK();
 	goto out;
     }
+#if defined(PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG)
     pagevec_init(&lrupv, 0);
+#else
+    pagevec_init(&lrupv);
+#endif
 
     code = afs_linux_read_cache(cacheFp, pp, tdc->f.chunk, &lrupv, NULL);
 
@@ -2395,7 +2399,11 @@ afs_linux_bypass_readpages(struct file *fp, struct address_space *mapping,
     ancr->offset = auio->uio_offset;
     ancr->length = auio->uio_resid;
 
+#if defined(PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG)
     pagevec_init(&lrupv, 0);
+#else
+    pagevec_init(&lrupv);
+#endif
 
     for(page_ix = 0; page_ix < num_pages; ++page_ix) {
 
@@ -2616,7 +2624,11 @@ afs_linux_readpages(struct file *fp, struct address_space *mapping,
     task = afs_pagecopy_init_task();
 
     tdc = NULL;
+#if defined(PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG)
     pagevec_init(&lrupv, 0);
+#else
+    pagevec_init(&lrupv);
+#endif
     for (page_idx = 0; page_idx < num_pages; page_idx++) {
 	struct page *page = list_entry(page_list->prev, struct page, lru);
 	list_del(&page->lru);
diff --git a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4 b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
index 6746a107ac..cdac30fbaa 100644
--- a/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
+++ b/src/cf/linux-test4.m4
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([LINUX_KERNEL_POSIX_LOCK_FILE_WAIT_ARG], [
 		       [])
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([LINUX_KERNEL_PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG], [
+  AC_CHECK_LINUX_BUILD([for 2nd argument in pagevec_init found in pre-4.15 kernels],
+		       [ac_cv_linux_kernel_pagevec_init_cold_arg],
+		       [#include <linux/pagevec.h>],
+		       [pagevec_init(0,0);],
+		       [PAGEVEC_INIT_COLD_ARG],
+		       [define if your kernel uses 2 arguments for pagevec_init],
+		       [])
+])
+
 AC_DEFUN([LINUX_KERNEL_SOCK_CREATE], [
   AC_CHECK_LINUX_BUILD([for 5th argument in sock_create found in some SELinux kernels],
 		       [ac_cv_linux_kernel_sock_create_v],