diff --git a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
index 9eb9cd5c0..7da038907 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
+++ b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ add_file "iscsi-scst/README_in-tree" "Documentation/scst/README.iscsi" \
 if [ "${qla2x00t}" = "true" ]; then
 
   if [ ! -e qla2x00t/qla2xxx-orig/$1 ]; then
-    ( cd qla2x00t && ./extract-qla2xxx-orig 2.6.26.8 )
+    ( cd qla2x00t && ./extract-qla2xxx-orig "$1" )
   fi
   ( cd qla2x00t && ./generate-in-tree-patches "$1" )