diff --git a/config/kernel-aio-fsync.m4 b/config/kernel-aio-fsync.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..41b7a98a6b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/kernel-aio-fsync.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+dnl #
+dnl # Linux 4.9-rc5+ ABI, removal of the .aio_fsync field
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_AIO_FSYNC], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether fops->aio_fsync() exists])
+	ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
+		#include <linux/fs.h>
+
+		static const struct file_operations
+		    fops __attribute__ ((unused)) = {
+			.aio_fsync = NULL,
+		};
+	],[
+	],[
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FILE_AIO_FSYNC, 1, [fops->aio_fsync() exists])
+	],[
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+	])
+])
+
diff --git a/config/kernel.m4 b/config/kernel.m4
index af5945140b99..b66631a9c993 100644
--- a/config/kernel.m4
+++ b/config/kernel.m4
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ 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_AIO_FSYNC
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_MKDIR_UMODE_T
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_LOOKUP_NAMEIDATA
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CREATE_NAMEIDATA
diff --git a/module/zfs/zpl_file.c b/module/zfs/zpl_file.c
index 2c84d700d6d1..a225220285af 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zpl_file.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zpl_file.c
@@ -130,12 +130,15 @@ zpl_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	return (error);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FILE_AIO_FSYNC
 static int
 zpl_aio_fsync(struct kiocb *kiocb, int datasync)
 {
 	struct file *filp = kiocb->ki_filp;
 	return (zpl_fsync(filp, file_dentry(filp), datasync));
 }
+#endif
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_FSYNC_WITHOUT_DENTRY)
 /*
  * Linux 2.6.35 - 3.0 API,
@@ -161,11 +164,14 @@ zpl_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 	return (error);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FILE_AIO_FSYNC
 static int
 zpl_aio_fsync(struct kiocb *kiocb, int datasync)
 {
 	return (zpl_fsync(kiocb->ki_filp, datasync));
 }
+#endif
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_FSYNC_RANGE)
 /*
  * Linux 3.1 - 3.x API,
@@ -196,11 +202,14 @@ zpl_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	return (error);
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FILE_AIO_FSYNC
 static int
 zpl_aio_fsync(struct kiocb *kiocb, int datasync)
 {
 	return (zpl_fsync(kiocb->ki_filp, kiocb->ki_pos, -1, datasync));
 }
+#endif
+
 #else
 #error "Unsupported fops->fsync() implementation"
 #endif
@@ -838,7 +847,9 @@ const struct file_operations zpl_file_operations = {
 #endif
 	.mmap		= zpl_mmap,
 	.fsync		= zpl_fsync,
+#ifdef HAVE_FILE_AIO_FSYNC
 	.aio_fsync	= zpl_aio_fsync,
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_FILE_FALLOCATE
 	.fallocate	= zpl_fallocate,
 #endif /* HAVE_FILE_FALLOCATE */