diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 9cd1753..57dd372 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ControlSystemsMTK"
 uuid = "687d7614-c7e5-45fc-bfc3-9ee385575c88"
 authors = ["Fredrik Bagge Carlson"]
-version = "2.8.0"
+version = "2.8.1"
 
 [deps]
 ControlSystemsBase = "aaaaaaaa-a6ca-5380-bf3e-84a91bcd477e"
diff --git a/src/ode_system.jl b/src/ode_system.jl
index 93e8f63..a19c0ed 100644
--- a/src/ode_system.jl
+++ b/src/ode_system.jl
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ function RobustAndOptimalControl.named_ss(
 )
     ssys = sys
     matrices, xpt = ModelingToolkit.linearize(sys, linfun; kwargs...)
-    inputs = linfun.inputs
+    # ModelingToolkit 11.36 removed the `inputs` field from LinearizationFunction;
+    # the input variables are recovered from the simplified system instead, which
+    # is what the operating-point extraction below already relies on.
+    inputs = ModelingToolkit.inputs(ssys)
     nu = length(inputs)
     unames = symstr.(inputs)
     if nu > 0 && size(matrices.B, 2) == 2nu
diff --git a/test/test_ODESystem.jl b/test/test_ODESystem.jl
index a828205..90a12d9 100644
--- a/test/test_ODESystem.jl
+++ b/test/test_ODESystem.jl
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ P02_named = named_ss(P, [input.u], [output.u]; op)
 P02 = ss(P02_named)
 @test P02 == P0 # verify that we get back what we started with
 
+# named_ss from a precompiled LinearizationFunction (hot path)
+lin_fun, sslin = ModelingToolkit.linearization_function(P, [input.u], [output.u]; op)
+P02_linfun = named_ss(sslin, lin_fun, [output.u]; op)
+@test P02_linfun.u == [Symbol("input₊u(t)")]
+@test ss(P02_linfun) == P0
+
 # same for controller
 x = unknowns(C)
 @nonamespace C02 = named_ss(C, [C.input], [C.output]; op)