diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
index 6917d995e..5dade71e2 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
@@ -5116,16 +5116,18 @@ static void vdisk_bio_set_failfast(struct bio *bio)
 
 static void vdisk_bio_set_hoq(struct bio *bio)
 {
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36) || \
-	defined(RHEL_MAJOR) && RHEL_MAJOR -0 >= 6
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36) ||			\
+	defined(RHEL_MAJOR) &&						\
+	(RHEL_MAJOR -0 > 6 || RHEL_MAJOR -0 == 6 && RHEL_MINOR -0 > 0)
 	bio->bi_rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 #elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 29)
 	bio->bi_rw |= 1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO;
 #else
 	bio->bi_rw |= 1 << BIO_RW_SYNC;
 #endif
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36) || \
-	defined(RHEL_MAJOR) && RHEL_MAJOR -0 >= 6
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 36) ||			\
+	defined(RHEL_MAJOR) &&						\
+	(RHEL_MAJOR -0 > 6 || RHEL_MAJOR -0 == 6 && RHEL_MINOR -0 > 0)
 	bio->bi_rw |= REQ_META;
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 1, 0)
 	/*