diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/compat.h b/kernel/linux/kni/compat.h
index 7109474ec5..9ee45dbf6f 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/compat.h
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/compat.h
@@ -130,3 +130,7 @@
 #if KERNEL_VERSION(4, 10, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
 #define HAVE_IOVA_TO_KVA_MAPPING_SUPPORT
 #endif
+
+#if KERNEL_VERSION(5, 6, 0) <= LINUX_VERSION_CODE
+#define HAVE_TX_TIMEOUT_TXQUEUE
+#endif
diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
index 97fe85be9a..c82c881a2c 100644
--- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -623,8 +623,13 @@ kni_net_rx(struct kni_dev *kni)
 /*
  * Deal with a transmit timeout.
  */
+#ifdef HAVE_TX_TIMEOUT_TXQUEUE
+static void
+kni_net_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int txqueue)
+#else
 static void
 kni_net_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
+#endif
 {
 	pr_debug("Transmit timeout at %ld, latency %ld\n", jiffies,
 			jiffies - dev_trans_start(dev));