diff --git a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.10.ebuild b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.10.ebuild
index 217753deef79f..57f647452669d 100644
--- a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.10.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.10.ebuild
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL="CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL: enable for increased performance"
 	fi
 
-	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64; then
+	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64 && kernel_is -lt 6 17; then
 		CONFIG_CHECK="${CONFIG_CHECK} ~CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
diff --git a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.8.ebuild b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.8.ebuild
index 7046993a8bd33..04e775f0d112e 100644
--- a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.8.ebuild
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL="CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL: enable for increased performance"
 	fi
 
-	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64; then
+	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64 && kernel_is -lt 6 17; then
 		CONFIG_CHECK="${CONFIG_CHECK} ~CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
diff --git a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.9.ebuild b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.9.ebuild
index e953b4e5dad11..87f0363880b87 100644
--- a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.9.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-3.9.ebuild
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL="CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL: enable for increased performance"
 	fi
 
-	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64; then
+	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64 && kernel_is -lt 6 17; then
 		CONFIG_CHECK="${CONFIG_CHECK} ~CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
diff --git a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-9999.ebuild b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-9999.ebuild
index 1d502d2e85cab..a8af94abfde65 100644
--- a/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/iwd/iwd-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL="CRYPTO_AES_NI_INTEL: enable for increased performance"
 	fi
 
-	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64; then
+	if use cpu_flags_x86_ssse3 && use amd64 && kernel_is -lt 6 17; then
 		CONFIG_CHECK="${CONFIG_CHECK} ~CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3 ~CRYPTO_SHA512_SSSE3"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA1_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"
 		WARNING_CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3="CRYPTO_SHA256_SSSE3: enable for increased performance"