diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index 8b767c7a3..b3aa8f8ae 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -429,9 +429,10 @@ static inline void sg_set_page(struct scatterlist *sg, struct page *page,
 	(__flags), NULL, NULL)
 #endif
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 4, 0) && \
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 4, 0) &&	    \
 	!(LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 2, 52) && \
-	  LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 3, 0))
+	  LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 3, 0)) &&  \
+	(!defined(RHEL_MAJOR) || RHEL_MAJOR -0 < 6)
 static inline void *kmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	if (size != 0 && n > ULONG_MAX / size)