--- ../../../../pristine/pcp-3.6.10/src/pmdas/linux/pmda.c	2012-11-11 19:53:50.000000000 -0500
+++ pmda.c	2013-02-22 10:23:28.379423114 -0500
@@ -5587,6 +5587,7 @@
 {
     int		i, major, minor, point;
     __pmID_int	*idp;
+    FILE        *fp;
 
     _pm_system_pagesize = getpagesize();
     if (_isDSO) {
@@ -5688,6 +5689,16 @@
 			    idp->cluster, idp->item);
     }
 
+    /* This check is currently only made in refresh_proc_vmstat */
+    /* All access to that is guarded by "if(_pm_have_proc_vmstat == 1)" so it never gets set */
+    if ((fp = fopen("/proc/vmstat", "r")) != NULL){
+        _pm_have_proc_vmstat = 1;
+	fclose(fp);
+    }
+    else{
+	_pm_have_proc_vmstat = 0;
+    }
+
     interrupts_init();
 
     pmdaInit(dp, indomtab, sizeof(indomtab)/sizeof(indomtab[0]), linux_metrictab,