diff --git a/lustre/ChangeLog b/lustre/ChangeLog
index 7639f283aabda36e59464a86f2161f9d236fbaa8..d281ffde65a5e484b97081ac47d7c5a4830389e8 100644
--- a/lustre/ChangeLog
+++ b/lustre/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ tbd  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
        * version 2.0.0
        * Support for kernels:
         2.6.16.54-0.2.5 (SLES 10),
-        2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 (RHEL 5),
+        2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 (RHEL 5),
         2.6.22.14 vanilla (kernel.org).
        * Client support for unpatched kernels:
         (see http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php?title=Patchless_Client)
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ tbd  Sun Microsystems, Inc.
        * RHEL 4 and RHEL 5/SLES 10 clients behaves differently on 'cd' to a
         removed cwd "./" (refer to Bugzilla 14399).
 
-Severity   : enhancement
-Bugzilla   : 16190
-Description: Update to RHEL5 kernel-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5.
-
 Severity   : normal
 Bugzilla   : 12653
 Description: sanity test 65a fails if stripecount of -1 is set
diff --git a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-rhel5.target.in b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-rhel5.target.in
index 5e49e862a5961bd84d1b301234852da6e0604fe7..ccaa05e9cfb60057e99ebb87e319a1fad3f52aca 100644
--- a/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-rhel5.target.in
+++ b/lustre/kernel_patches/targets/2.6-rhel5.target.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 lnxmaj="2.6.18"
-lnxrel="92.1.6.el5"
+lnxrel="53.1.21.el5"
 
 KERNEL=linux-${lnxmaj}-${lnxrel}.tar.bz2
 SERIES=2.6-rhel5.series