diff --git a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
index e886c5a76a8..bedcfe65552 100644
--- a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
+++ b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase::Ptr &grid)
 
 void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase &grid)
 {
-#if (OPENVDB_LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER == 3)
+#if (OPENVDB_LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER <= 3) || defined(OPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
 	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGrid());
 #else
 	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGridWithNewTree());