diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
index fa4953be7f9e..bed1d517e56d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/spl/default.nix
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jcumming wizeman wkennington ];
-    broken = kernel.features.grsecurity or
+    broken = buildKernel
+      && (kernel.features.grsecurity or
             # spl marked as broken until following patch is released
             # https://github.com/zfsonlinux/spl/commit/fdbc1ba99d1f4d3958189079eee9b6c957e0264b
-            (versionAtLeast  kernel.version "4.7");
+            (versionAtLeast  kernel.version "4.7"));
   };
 }