diff --git a/batman-adv/Makefile b/batman-adv/Makefile
index 86ca1d3..2086215 100644
--- a/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=batman-adv
 PKG_VERSION:=2026.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://downloads.open-mesh.org/batman/releases/batman-adv-$(PKG_VERSION)
diff --git a/batman-adv/src/compat-hacks.h b/batman-adv/src/compat-hacks.h
index e3bc5ee..0cfaf63 100644
--- a/batman-adv/src/compat-hacks.h
+++ b/batman-adv/src/compat-hacks.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ static inline u32 batadv_skb_crc32c(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 
 #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(6, 16, 0) || !defined(CONFIG_NET_CRC32C) */
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(7, 0, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(7, 0, 0) && \
+    !(LINUX_VERSION_IS_GEQ(6, 18, 33) && LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(6, 19, 0))
 
 #define kzalloc_obj(P, GFP) \
 	kzalloc(sizeof(P), GFP)