diff --git a/test/pkg/kernel-config/check-kernel-config.sh b/test/pkg/kernel-config/check-kernel-config.sh
index e751c1676..3281f89fb 100755
--- a/test/pkg/kernel-config/check-kernel-config.sh
+++ b/test/pkg/kernel-config/check-kernel-config.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set' || fail "CONFIG
 # Negative cases conditional on architecture and/or kernel version
 if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ]; then
   echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD is not set' || fail "CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD is not set"
-  echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set' || fail "CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set"
   echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is not set' || fail "CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO is not set"
   echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_KEXEC is not set' || fail "CONFIG_KEXEC is not set"
   echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_X86_X32 is not set' || fail "CONFIG_X86_X32 is not set"
@@ -119,6 +118,11 @@ if [ "$arch" = "x86_64" ]; then
     echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set' || fail "CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set"
     echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_HIBERNATION is not set' || fail "CONFIG_HIBERNATION is not set"
   fi
+  # DEVKMEM was removed with 5.13.x (Note this check is not quote accurate but we are not adding
+  # older kernels like e.g. 4.11 anymore.
+  if [ "$kernelMajor" -le 5 ] && [ "$kernelMinor" -lt 13 ]; then
+    echo $UNZIPPED_CONFIG | grep -q 'CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set' || fail "CONFIG_DEVKMEM is not set"
+  fi
 fi
 
 # modprobe