diff --git a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
index 923752909d9..e886c5a76a8 100644
--- a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
+++ b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase::Ptr &grid)
 
 void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase &grid)
 {
+#if (OPENVDB_LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER == 3)
 	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGrid());
+#else
+	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGridWithNewTree());
+#endif
 }
 
 void OpenVDBWriter::insertFloatMeta(const openvdb::Name &name, const float value)