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diff --git a/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index c0180e02a2..079aadced3 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/docs/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
         env = self.state.document.settings.env
         cmd = env.config.kerneldoc_bin + ['-rst', '-enable-lineno']
 
+        # Pass the version string to kernel-doc, as it needs to use a different
+        # dialect, depending what the C domain supports for each specific
+        # Sphinx versions
+        cmd += ['-sphinx-version', sphinx.__version__]
+
         filename = env.config.kerneldoc_srctree + '/' + self.arguments[0]
         export_file_patterns = []