diff --git a/scripts/kernel-functions b/scripts/kernel-functions
index a3d02137d..bab8c2c60 100644
--- a/scripts/kernel-functions
+++ b/scripts/kernel-functions
@@ -127,6 +127,31 @@ function extract_kernel_tree {
 
 # Patch a kernel tree where $1 is the kernel version.
 function patch_kernel {
+    case "$k" in
+	*^*)
+            # RHEL / CentOS.
+            ;;
+	2.*|3.*)
+            # Tell the kernel that we are using gcc 4.6 since older kernel
+            # versions do not support recent gcc versions.
+            KCFLAGS="-U__GNUC__ -U__GNUC_MINOR__ -D__GNUC__=4 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=6"
+	    patch -p1 <<'EOF'
+diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+index 02ae99e8e6d3..47e12c19c965 100644
+--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
++++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
+ #define __gcc_header(x) #x
+ #define _gcc_header(x) __gcc_header(linux/compiler-gcc##x.h)
+ #define gcc_header(x) _gcc_header(x)
+-#include gcc_header(__GNUC__)
++#include "linux/compiler-gcc4.h"
+ 
+ #if !defined(__noclone)
+ #define __noclone	/* not needed */
+EOF
+    esac
+
     if [ "$1" = "2.6.29" ] || [ "$1" = "2.6.29.1" ] || [ "$1" = "2.6.29.2" ] ||
 	   [ "$1" = "2.6.29.3" ]; then
       patch -f -s -p1 <<'EOF'
diff --git a/scripts/run-regression-tests b/scripts/run-regression-tests
index 1de609dc2..ad40ace16 100755
--- a/scripts/run-regression-tests
+++ b/scripts/run-regression-tests
@@ -695,15 +695,6 @@ do
     run_checkpatch "$k"
   fi
   patch_and_configure_kernel "$k" || continue
-  case "$k" in
-      *^*)
-	  # CentOS.
-	  ;;
-      2.*|3.*)
-	  # Tell the kernel that we are using gcc 4.6 since older kernel
-	  # versions do not suppor recent gcc versions.
-	  KCFLAGS="-U__GNUC__ -U__GNUC_MINOR__ -D__GNUC__=4 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=6"
-  esac
   case "$k" in
       3.10.0-*)
 	  # Make the CentOS 7.x build less noisy.