diff --git a/config/kernel-tmpfile.m4 b/config/kernel-tmpfile.m4
index 743951418..a711d67ed 100644
--- a/config/kernel-tmpfile.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-tmpfile.m4
@@ -59,23 +59,19 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_TMPFILE], [
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether i_op->tmpfile() exists])
 	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([inode_operations_tmpfile_mnt_idmap], [
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() exists])
 		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE_IDMAP, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() has mnt_idmap])
 	], [
 		ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([inode_operations_tmpfile], [
 			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() exists])
 			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE_USERNS, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() has userns])
 		],[
 			ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([inode_operations_tmpfile_dentry_userns], [
 				AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() exists])
 				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE_USERNS, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() has userns])
 				AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE_DENTRY, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() uses old dentry signature])
 			],[
 				ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([inode_operations_tmpfile_dentry], [
 					AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-					AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() exists])
 					AC_DEFINE(HAVE_TMPFILE_DENTRY, 1, [i_op->tmpfile() uses old dentry signature])
 				],[
 					ZFS_LINUX_REQUIRE_API([i_op->tmpfile()], [3.11])
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
index 7fbee0ab4..7d3a7b8d9 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zfs_vnops_os.c
@@ -3461,9 +3461,9 @@ zfs_link(znode_t *tdzp, znode_t *szp, char *name, cred_t *cr,
 	boolean_t	waited = B_FALSE;
 	boolean_t	is_tmpfile = 0;
 	uint64_t	txg;
-#ifdef HAVE_TMPFILE
+
 	is_tmpfile = (sip->i_nlink == 0 && (sip->i_state & I_LINKABLE));
-#endif
+
 	ASSERT(S_ISDIR(ZTOI(tdzp)->i_mode));
 
 	if (name == NULL)
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
index 3cd18ac78..e2fe5c3b0 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_inode.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ zpl_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	return (error);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_TMPFILE
 static int
 #ifdef HAVE_TMPFILE_IDMAP
 zpl_tmpfile(struct mnt_idmap *userns, struct inode *dir,
@@ -307,7 +306,6 @@ zpl_tmpfile(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 
 	return (error);
 }
-#endif
 
 static int
 zpl_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -763,9 +761,7 @@ const struct inode_operations zpl_dir_inode_operations = {
 #else
 	.rename		= zpl_rename,
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_TMPFILE
 	.tmpfile	= zpl_tmpfile,
-#endif
 	.setattr	= zpl_setattr,
 	.getattr	= zpl_getattr,
 	.listxattr	= zpl_xattr_list,