diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 777ebd3..2ad11fc 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ KERNEL_SUBLEVEL := $(shell $(MAKE) -C $(KLIB_BUILD) kernelversion | sed -n 's/^2
 COMPAT_VERSIONS := $(shell I=$(COMPAT_LATEST_VERSION); while [ "$$I" -gt $(KERNEL_SUBLEVEL) ]; do echo $$I; I=$$(($$I - 1)); done)
 $(foreach ver,$(COMPAT_VERSIONS),$(eval CONFIG_COMPAT_KERNEL_$(ver)=y))
 
-ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_KERNEL_25
-$(error "ERROR: compat-wireless by default supports kernels >= 2.6.25, try enabling only one driver though")
+ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_WIRELESS_23
+$(error "ERROR: compat-wireless for selected driver requires a kernel >= 2.6.23")
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CFG80211),y)
diff --git a/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh b/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
index 1e3002e..64dac69 100755
--- a/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen-compat-autoconf.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 # This indicates which is the oldest kernel we support
 # Update this if you are adding support for older kernels.
-OLDEST_KERNEL_SUPPORTED="2.6.25"
+OLDEST_KERNEL_SUPPORTED="2.6.23"
 COMPAT_RELEASE="compat_version"
 KERNEL_RELEASE="compat_base_tree_version"
 MULT_DEP_FILE=".compat_pivot_dep"