diff --git a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
index c1b87cc44..2f9b22c20 100644
--- a/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
+++ b/scst/src/dev_handlers/scst_vdisk.c
@@ -2784,7 +2784,9 @@ static int blockio_flush(struct block_device *bdev)
 
 	TRACE_ENTRY();
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 35)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 35)           \
+    && !(defined(CONFIG_SUSE_KERNEL)                        \
+         && LINUX_VERSION_CODE == KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 34))
 	res = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, NULL);
 #else
 	res = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);