diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
index 29d588ead..74245aa79 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_def.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	(!defined(RHEL_MAJOR) || RHEL_MAJOR -0 < 7)
 #error
 #error ***This version of qla2xxx does not support distributions based on***
-#error ***kernels before Linux kernel v3.15.***
+#error ***kernels before Linux kernel v3.18.***
 #error
 #endif
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
index c8c4e551e..a6a8e3d4b 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
+++ b/scripts/generate-kernel-patch
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ fi
 
 # See also commit 89d9a567952b ("[SCSI] add support for per-host cmd pools";
 # v3.15).
-if kernel_version_lt "$kver" 3.15; then
+if kernel_version_lt "$kver" 3.18; then
     qla2x00t="true"
     qla2x00t_32gbit="false"
 else