diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index eec927283..98b21fd60 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -348,6 +348,24 @@ static inline int __must_check kref_get_unless_zero(struct kref *kref)
 }
 #endif
 
+/* <linux/ktime.h> */
+
+#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 9, 0) &&		\
+	LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 16, 0)) &&	\
+	(!defined(RHEL_MAJOR) || RHEL_MAJOR -0 < 7)
+/**
+ * ktime_before - Compare if a ktime_t value is smaller than another one.
+ * @cmp1:	comparable1
+ * @cmp2:	comparable2
+ *
+ * Return: true if cmp1 happened before cmp2.
+ */
+static inline bool ktime_before(const ktime_t cmp1, const ktime_t cmp2)
+{
+	return ktime_compare(cmp1, cmp2) < 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 /* <linux/list.h> */
 
 #ifndef __list_for_each
@@ -678,19 +696,4 @@ static inline int scsi_bidi_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 9, 0)) && \
-    (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 16, 0))
-/**
- * ktime_before - Compare if a ktime_t value is smaller than another one.
- * @cmp1:	comparable1
- * @cmp2:	comparable2
- *
- * Return: true if cmp1 happened before cmp2.
- */
-static inline bool ktime_before(const ktime_t cmp1, const ktime_t cmp2)
-{
-	return ktime_compare(cmp1, cmp2) < 0;
-}
-#endif /* (LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 9, 0)) && (LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 16, 0)) */
-
 #endif /* _SCST_BACKPORT_H_ */