diff --git a/handle_backports.diff b/handle_backports.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe4155
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handle_backports.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
++++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_vnodeops.c
+@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
+ # else
+   .splice_write = generic_file_splice_write,
+ # endif
+-# if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6,5,0)
++# if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6,4,0)
+   .splice_read = filemap_splice_read,
+ # else
+   .splice_read = generic_file_splice_read,
diff --git a/openafs.changes b/openafs.changes
index 6366547..5933b31 100644
--- a/openafs.changes
+++ b/openafs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 11 04:58:30 UTC 2023 - Christof Hanke <christof.hanke@mpcdf.mpg.de>
+
+- patch upstream patch fef2457.diff for 6.5 to handle backport by SUSE
+  * handle_backports.diff
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 10 08:53:16 UTC 2023 - Christof Hanke <christof.hanke@mpcdf.mpg.de>
 
diff --git a/openafs.spec b/openafs.spec
index 0e5979c..8306271 100644
--- a/openafs.spec
+++ b/openafs.spec
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ Patch6:         6de0a64.diff
 Patch5:         5b647bf.diff
 Patch7:         6413fdb.diff
 Patch8:         4f1d810.diff
+# PATCH-HANDLE-BACKPORTS
+# some kernel-features from 6.5 are apparently in 6.4
+Patch99:        handle_backports.diff
 
 #	GENERAL BuildRequires and Requires
 #
@@ -331,6 +334,9 @@ done
 %patch6 -p1
 %patch7 -p1
 %patch8 -p1
+%if 0%{?sle_version} == 150600
+%patch99 -p1
+%endif
 
 ./regen.sh