diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index a836a5f5f..991a63683 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  i386 i686 x86_64
 ExcludeArch:    ppc ppc64
 
 Requires:       spl = %{version}
-Requires:       %{name}-kmod >= %{version}
+Requires:       %{name}-kmod = %{version}
 Provides:       %{name}-kmod-common = %{version}
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}%{?fedora}%{?suse_version}