diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.c b/src/lxc/utils.c
index 88692035f..d3b0fdc5d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/utils.c
+++ b/src/lxc/utils.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/vfs.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "log.h"
@@ -183,22 +182,24 @@ static int _recursive_rmdir(char *dirname, dev_t pdev,
 	return failed ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
-/* we have two different magic values for overlayfs, yay */
+/* We have two different magic values for overlayfs, yay. */
+#ifndef OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC
 #define OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x794c764f
+#endif
+
+#ifndef OVERLAY_SUPER_MAGIC
 #define OVERLAY_SUPER_MAGIC 0x794c7630
-/*
- * In overlayfs, st_dev is unreliable.  so on overlayfs we don't do
- * the lxc_rmdir_onedev()
+#endif
+
+/* In overlayfs, st_dev is unreliable. So on overlayfs we don't do the
+ * lxc_rmdir_onedev()
  */
 static bool is_native_overlayfs(const char *path)
 {
-	struct statfs sb;
-
-	if (statfs(path, &sb) < 0)
-		return false;
-	if (sb.f_type == OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC ||
-			sb.f_type == OVERLAY_SUPER_MAGIC)
+	if (has_fs_type(path, OVERLAY_SUPER_MAGIC) ||
+	    has_fs_type(path, OVERLAYFS_SUPER_MAGIC))
 		return true;
+
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/utils.h b/src/lxc/utils.h
index addfb7a05..fc0e5c01c 100644
--- a/src/lxc/utils.h
+++ b/src/lxc/utils.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <linux/loop.h>
+#include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>