diff --git a/dpdk.changes b/dpdk.changes
index 6fdc661..786d41a 100644
--- a/dpdk.changes
+++ b/dpdk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 24 06:25:38 UTC 2024 - Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
+
+- use %autopatch even for older distros, -M *is* supported there
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 16 08:47:23 UTC 2024 - Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
 
diff --git a/dpdk.spec b/dpdk.spec
index 568878d..c940ded 100644
--- a/dpdk.spec
+++ b/dpdk.spec
@@ -183,13 +183,8 @@ The DPDK Kernel NIC Interface (KNI) allows userspace applications access to the
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1600
 %autopatch -p1
 %else
-# grr, no fs.copyfile() in the old meson in SLE.
-# and no -m and -M to %%autopatch in SLE either. Yuck.
-%patch -P 0 -p1
-%patch -P 1 -p1
-%patch -P 2 -p1
-%patch -P 3 -p1
-%patch -P 4 -p1
+# grr, no fs.copyfile() in the old meson in SLE (but it has old enough kernel).
+%autopatch -p1 -M 99
 %endif
 
 # Skip not supported examples