diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 863e6f6250..6fe65c85cc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3928,7 +3928,7 @@ rsync --help 2> /dev/null | grep -q 'contimeout' && enable rsync_contimeout || d
 check_header linux/fb.h
 check_header linux/videodev.h
 check_header linux/videodev2.h
-check_struct linux/videodev2.h "struct v4l2_frmivalenum" discrete
+check_code cc linux/videodev2.h "struct v4l2_frmsizeenum vfse; vfse.discrete.width = 0;" && enable_safe struct_v4l2_frmivalenum_discrete
 
 check_header sys/videoio.h