diff --git a/ompi/mca/fs/base/base.h b/ompi/mca/fs/base/base.h
index 21f2b75d42..b83c93890a 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fs/base/base.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/fs/base/base.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ OMPI_DECLSPEC int mca_fs_base_init_file (struct mca_io_ompio_file_t *file);
 
 OMPI_DECLSPEC int mca_fs_base_get_param (struct mca_io_ompio_file_t *file, int keyval);
 OMPI_DECLSPEC void mca_fs_base_get_parent_dir (char *filename, char **dirnamep);
+OMPI_DECLSPEC int  mca_fs_base_get_fstype(char *fname);
 /*
  * Globals
  */
diff --git a/ompi/mca/fs/base/fs_base_get_parent_dir.c b/ompi/mca/fs/base/fs_base_get_parent_dir.c
index fcfa7d3e0a..6a4394e5df 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fs/base/fs_base_get_parent_dir.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/fs/base/fs_base_get_parent_dir.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2011 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2016 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
 
 #include "ompi/mca/mca.h"
 #include "opal/mca/base/base.h"
+#include "opal/util/path.h"
 
 #include "ompi/mca/fs/fs.h"
 #include "ompi/mca/fs/base/base.h"
+#include "ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H
 #include <sys/statfs.h> /* or <sys/vfs.h> */
@@ -93,3 +95,24 @@ void mca_fs_base_get_parent_dir ( char *filename, char **dirnamep)
     *dirnamep = dir;
     return;
 }
+
+int  mca_fs_base_get_fstype(char *fname )
+{
+    int ompio_type = UFS;
+    char *fstype=NULL;
+    bool ret = opal_path_nfs ( fname, &fstype );
+
+    if ( false == ret ) {
+        return ompio_type;
+    }
+    if ( 0 == strncasecmp(fstype, "lustre", sizeof("lustre")) ) {
+        ompio_type = LUSTRE;
+    }
+    else if ( 0 == strncasecmp(fstype, "pvfs2", sizeof("pvfs2"))) {
+        ompio_type = PVFS2;
+    }
+
+    free (fstype);
+    return ompio_type;
+}
+
diff --git a/ompi/mca/fs/lustre/fs_lustre.c b/ompi/mca/fs/lustre/fs_lustre.c
index 6bd661b9c7..c41e349cd0 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fs/lustre/fs_lustre.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/fs/lustre/fs_lustre.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2015 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2016 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -93,22 +93,8 @@ mca_fs_lustre_component_file_query (mca_io_ompio_file_t *fh, int *priority)
     tmp = strchr (fh->f_filename, ':');
     if (!tmp) {
         if (OMPIO_ROOT == fh->f_rank) {
-            do {
-                err = statfs (fh->f_filename, &fsbuf);
-            } while (err && (errno == ESTALE));
-
-            if (err && (errno == ENOENT)) {
-                mca_fs_base_get_parent_dir (fh->f_filename, &dir);
-                err = statfs (dir, &fsbuf);
-                free (dir);
-            }
-#ifndef LL_SUPER_MAGIC
-#define LL_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0BD00BD0
-#endif
-            if (fsbuf.f_type == LL_SUPER_MAGIC) {
-                fh->f_fstype = LUSTRE;
-            }
-	}
+            fh->f_fstype = mca_fs_base_get_fstype ( fh->f_filename );
+        }
 	fh->f_comm->c_coll.coll_bcast (&(fh->f_fstype),
 				       1,
 				       MPI_INT,
diff --git a/ompi/mca/fs/pvfs2/fs_pvfs2.c b/ompi/mca/fs/pvfs2/fs_pvfs2.c
index c28ce4fae3..7f8abb9ec5 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fs/pvfs2/fs_pvfs2.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/fs/pvfs2/fs_pvfs2.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2015 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2016 University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -96,18 +96,7 @@ mca_fs_pvfs2_component_file_query (mca_io_ompio_file_t *fh, int *priority)
     tmp = strchr (fh->f_filename, ':');
     if (!tmp) {
         if (OMPIO_ROOT == fh->f_rank) {
-            do {
-                err = statfs (fh->f_filename, &fsbuf);
-            } while (err && (errno == ESTALE));
-
-            if (err && (errno == ENOENT)) {
-                mca_fs_base_get_parent_dir (fh->f_filename, &dir);
-                err = statfs (dir, &fsbuf);
-                free (dir);
-            }
-            if (fsbuf.f_type == PVFS2_SUPER_MAGIC) {
-                fh->f_fstype = PVFS2;
-            }
+            fh->f_fstype = mca_fs_base_get_fstype ( fh->f_filename );
 	}
 	fh->f_comm->c_coll.coll_bcast (&(fh->f_fstype),
 				       1,
diff --git a/opal/mca/shmem/mmap/shmem_mmap_module.c b/opal/mca/shmem/mmap/shmem_mmap_module.c
index 8e52890070..619a54adcc 100644
--- a/opal/mca/shmem/mmap/shmem_mmap_module.c
+++ b/opal/mca/shmem/mmap/shmem_mmap_module.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  *
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ segment_create(opal_shmem_ds_t *ds_buf,
      * this is an important check because if the backing store is located on
      * a network filesystem, the user may see a shared memory performance hit.
      */
-    if (opal_shmem_mmap_nfs_warning && opal_path_nfs(real_file_name)) {
+    if (opal_shmem_mmap_nfs_warning && opal_path_nfs(real_file_name, NULL)) {
         char hn[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
         gethostname(hn, MAXHOSTNAMELEN - 1);
         hn[MAXHOSTNAMELEN - 1] = '\0';
diff --git a/opal/util/path.c b/opal/util/path.c
index 76ed1d3f0c..b1181f67fc 100644
--- a/opal/util/path.c
+++ b/opal/util/path.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014      Intel, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -444,8 +445,9 @@ static char *opal_check_mtab(char *dev_path)
  * If the file is not created, the parent directory is checked.
  * This allows checking for NFS prior to opening the file.
  *
- * @param[in]     fname        File name to check
- *
+ * @fname[in]          File name to check
+ * @fstype[out]        File system type if retval is true
+ * 
  * @retval true                If fname is on NFS, Lustre, Panasas or GPFS
  * @retval false               otherwise
  *
@@ -493,11 +495,14 @@ static char *opal_check_mtab(char *dev_path)
 #ifndef AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC
 #define AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC 0x0187
 #endif
+#ifndef PVFS2_SUPER_MAGIC
+#define PVFS2_SUPER_MAGIC 0x20030528
+#endif
 
 #define MASK2        0xffff
 #define MASK4    0xffffffff
 
-bool opal_path_nfs(char *fname)
+bool opal_path_nfs(char *fname, char **ret_fstype)
 {
     int i;
     int fsrc = -1;
@@ -523,7 +528,8 @@ bool opal_path_nfs(char *fname)
         {NFS_SUPER_MAGIC,                  MASK2, "nfs"},
         {AUTOFS_SUPER_MAGIC,               MASK2, "autofs"},
         {PAN_KERNEL_FS_CLIENT_SUPER_MAGIC, MASK4, "panfs"},
-        {GPFS_SUPER_MAGIC,                 MASK4, "gpfs"}
+        {GPFS_SUPER_MAGIC,                 MASK4, "gpfs"},
+        {PVFS2_SUPER_MAGIC,                MASK4, "pvfs2"}
     };
 #define FS_TYPES_NUM (int)(sizeof (fs_types)/sizeof (fs_types[0]))
 
@@ -555,6 +561,9 @@ again:
                              fname, errno, file));
         if (EPERM == errno) {
             free(file);
+            if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+                *ret_fstype = NULL;
+            }
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -563,6 +572,9 @@ again:
         if (NULL == last_sep || (1 == strlen(last_sep) &&
             OPAL_PATH_SEP[0] == *last_sep)) {
             free (file);
+            if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+                *ret_fstype=NULL;
+            }
             return false;
         }
         *last_sep = '\0';
@@ -609,6 +621,9 @@ again:
     }
 
     free (file);
+    if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+        *ret_fstype=NULL;
+    }
     return false;
 
 found:
@@ -625,16 +640,25 @@ found:
                 if (0 == strcasecmp(fs_types[x].f_fsname, fs_type)) {
                     OPAL_OUTPUT_VERBOSE((10, 0, "opal_path_nfs: file:%s on fs:%s\n", fname, fs_type));
                     free(fs_type);
+                    if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+                        *ret_fstype = strdup(fs_types[x].f_fsname);
+                    }
                     return true;
                 }
             }
             free(fs_type);
+            if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+                *ret_fstype=NULL;
+            }
             return false;
         }
     }
 
     OPAL_OUTPUT_VERBOSE((10, 0, "opal_path_nfs: file:%s on fs:%s\n",
                 fname, fs_types[i].f_fsname));
+    if ( NULL != ret_fstype ) {
+        *ret_fstype = strdup (fs_types[i].f_fsname);
+    }
     return true;
 
 #undef FS_TYPES_NUM
diff --git a/opal/util/path.h b/opal/util/path.h
index 6b8250f8d9..d723545159 100644
--- a/opal/util/path.h
+++ b/opal/util/path.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012      Los Alamos National Security, LLC.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -126,19 +127,22 @@ OPAL_DECLSPEC char *opal_path_access(char *fname, char *path, int mode) __opal_a
 
 /**
  * @brief Figure out, whether fname is on network file system
+ * and return fstype if known
  *
  * Try to figure out, whether the file name specified through fname is
- * on any network file system (currently NFS, Lustre and Panasas).
+ * on any network file system (currently NFS, Lustre, GPFS,  Panasas
+ * and PVFS2 ).
  *
  * If the file is not created, the parent directory is checked.
  * This allows checking for NFS prior to opening the file.
  *
- * @param[in]     fname        File name to check
+ * @fname[in]     File name to check
+ * @fstype[out]   File system type if retval is true
  *
  * @retval true                If fname is on NFS, Lustre or Panasas
  * @retval false               otherwise
  */
-OPAL_DECLSPEC bool opal_path_nfs(char *fname) __opal_attribute_warn_unused_result__;
+OPAL_DECLSPEC bool opal_path_nfs(char *fname, char **fstype) __opal_attribute_warn_unused_result__;
 
 /**
  * @brief Returns the disk usage of path.
diff --git a/test/util/opal_path_nfs.c b/test/util/opal_path_nfs.c
index e74e089743..e2405bdefe 100644
--- a/test/util/opal_path_nfs.c
+++ b/test/util/opal_path_nfs.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         printf("Interactive opal_path_nfs() test:\n");
         for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
             printf ("Is dir[%d]:%s one of the detected network file systems? %s\n",
-                    i, argv[i], opal_path_nfs (argv[i]) ? "Yes": "No");
+                    i, argv[i], opal_path_nfs (argv[i], NULL) ? "Yes": "No");
         }
 
         return 0;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         int i;
         for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
             printf ("Is dir[%d]:%s one of the detected network file systems? %s\n",
-                    i, argv[i], opal_path_nfs (argv[i]) ? "Yes": "No");
+                    i, argv[i], opal_path_nfs (argv[i], NULL) ? "Yes": "No");
     }
 
     get_mounts (&num_dirs, &dirs, &nfs);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void test(char* file, bool expect)
     printf ("test(): file:%s bool:%d\n",
             file, expect);
 #endif
-    if (expect == opal_path_nfs (file)) {
+    if (expect == opal_path_nfs (file, NULL)) {
         test_success();
     } else {
         char * msg;