diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index f4e9e6846..b0e091486 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -508,7 +508,9 @@ static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
 /* <linux/kthread.h> */
 
 /* See also commit 207205a2ba26 */
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 39)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 39) && \
+	(!defined(RHEL_MAJOR) || RHEL_MAJOR -0 < 6 || \
+	 RHEL_MAJOR -0 == 6 && RHEL_MINOR -0 < 9)
 #define kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, node, namefmt, arg...)\
 	kthread_create((threadfn), (data), (namefmt), ##arg)
 #endif