diff --git a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
index ef7ebb037..d41d188e9 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
+++ b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ do
 	add_file "${f}" "drivers/scst/${f#scst/src/}"
       fi
     done
-    if [ "$s" = "scst_03_public_headers" ]; then
+    if grep -q /scst_itf_ver.h scst/src/Makefile &&
+       [ "$s" = "scst_03_public_headers" ]; then
       tmp_itf_ver="$(mktemp /tmp/scst-itf-ver.h.XXXXXXXXXX)"
       cat <<"EOF" >$tmp_itf_ver
 /* Autogenerated, don't edit */