diff --git a/package/kmod/0002-shared-util.c-assert_cc-can-only-be-used-inside-func.patch b/package/kmod/0002-shared-util.c-assert_cc-can-only-be-used-inside-func.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09fe252420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/kmod/0002-shared-util.c-assert_cc-can-only-be-used-inside-func.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+From 7cd698eb31059012305d8bb7516577c8cd383e32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 16:52:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] shared/util.c: assert_cc() can only be used inside functions
+
+shared/macro.h has two versions of assert_cc, one that uses gcc
+_Static_assert(), which requires recent enough gcc versions, and one
+that uses a fake array to trigger a build error. The latter can only
+work inside functions, so assert_cc() should only be used inside
+functions.
+
+Fixes the following build failure when building kmod with old gcc
+versions such as gcc 4.3.x:
+
+shared/util.c:52: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'do'
+shared/util.c:52: error: expected identifier or '(' before 'while'
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+---
+ shared/util.c | 6 ++++--
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/shared/util.c b/shared/util.c
+index 9de080a..fd2028d 100644
+--- a/shared/util.c
++++ b/shared/util.c
+@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ static const struct kmod_ext {
+ 	{ }
+ };
+ 
+-assert_cc(EAGAIN == EWOULDBLOCK);
+-
+ /* string handling functions and memory allocations                         */
+ /* ************************************************************************ */
+ 
+@@ -201,6 +199,8 @@ ssize_t read_str_safe(int fd, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+ 	size_t todo = buflen - 1;
+ 	size_t done = 0;
+ 
++	assert_cc(EAGAIN == EWOULDBLOCK);
++
+ 	do {
+ 		ssize_t r = read(fd, buf + done, todo);
+ 
+@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ ssize_t write_str_safe(int fd, const char *buf, size_t buflen)
+ 	size_t todo = buflen;
+ 	size_t done = 0;
+ 
++	assert_cc(EAGAIN == EWOULDBLOCK);
++
+ 	do {
+ 		ssize_t r = write(fd, buf + done, todo);
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+