diff --git a/scripts/specialize-patch b/scripts/specialize-patch
index 674a5f3d3..97ee1acbf 100755
--- a/scripts/specialize-patch
+++ b/scripts/specialize-patch
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ function evaluate(stmnt, pattern, arg, op, result) {
                    "(\\1) * 256 + (\\2)", "g", stmnt)
   }
 
+  gsub("defined\\(UEK_KABI_RENAME\\)", "0", stmnt)
+
   if (SCSI_EXEC_REQ_FIFO_DEFINED != "")
   {
     gsub("defined[[:blank:]]+SCSI_EXEC_REQ_FIFO_DEFINED",
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ function handle_if(evaluated)
       || $0 ~ "RHEL_MINOR"         \
       || $0 ~ "RHEL_RELEASE_CODE"  \
       || $0 ~ "SOCK_RECVMSG_HAS_FOUR_ARGS" \
+      || $0 ~ "UEK_KABI_RENAME"  \
       || $0 ~ "USE_PRE_440_WR_STRUCTURE" \
       || generating_upstream_patch_defined \
          && $0 ~ "GENERATING_UPSTREAM_PATCH" \