diff --git a/scst/include/backport.h b/scst/include/backport.h
index 2e8603c03..7715ffbe1 100644
--- a/scst/include/backport.h
+++ b/scst/include/backport.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  */
 
+#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>	/* struct request_queue */
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4, 21, 0)
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>		/* kmalloc() */
 #include <linux/stddef.h>	/* sizeof_field() */
 #include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>	/* sync_page_range() */
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
@@ -1170,10 +1170,10 @@ struct t10_pi_tuple {
 
 /*
  * See also commit 686fef928bba ("timer: Prepare to change timer callback
- * argument type"). See also commit 0eeda71bc30d ("timer: Replace timer base
- * by a cpu index").
+ * argument type") # v4.14. See also commit 0eeda71bc30d ("timer: Replace
+ * timer base by a cpu index") # v4.2.
  */
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 10, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 2, 0)
 #define timer_setup(_timer, _fn, _flags) do {			\
 	init_timer(_timer);					\
 	(_timer)->function = (void *)(_fn);	\
@@ -1189,6 +1189,11 @@ struct t10_pi_tuple {
 } while (0)
 #endif
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)
+#define from_timer(var, callback_timer, timer_fieldname)		\
+	container_of(callback_timer, typeof(*var), timer_fieldname)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * See also commit 1d27e3e2252b ("timer: Remove expires and data arguments
  * from DEFINE_TIMER").