diff --git a/backport/backport-include/generated/utsrelease.h b/backport/backport-include/generated/utsrelease.h
index c1cf8af..a149b7a 100644
--- a/backport/backport-include/generated/utsrelease.h
+++ b/backport/backport-include/generated/utsrelease.h
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef __BACKPORT_GENERATED_UTS_RELEASE_H
+#define __BACKPORT_GENERATED_UTS_RELEASE_H
 #include_next <generated/utsrelease.h>
 
+/*
+ * We only want the UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI var when we are on a normal
+ * Ubuntu distribution kernel and not when we are on a Ubuntu mainline
+ * kernel. Some of the Ubuntu mainline kernel do have an invalid octal
+ * number in this field like 031418 and we do not want to evaluate this
+ * at all on the Ubuntu mainline kernels.  All Ubuntu distribution
+ * kernel have CONFIG_VERSION_SIGNATURE set so this way we can detect
+ * the which type of kernel we are on.
+ */
 #ifndef UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI
 #define UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI 0
+#elif !defined(CONFIG_VERSION_SIGNATURE)
+#undef UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI
+#define UTS_UBUNTU_RELEASE_ABI 0
 #endif
+
+#endif /* __BACKPORT_GENERATED_UTS_RELEASE_H */