diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-base/oe/meta-xcat-genesis/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend b/xCAT-genesis-base/oe/meta-xcat-genesis/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
index 09197365e..69c46b88b 100644
--- a/xCAT-genesis-base/oe/meta-xcat-genesis/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-base/oe/meta-xcat-genesis/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto_%.bbappend
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:xcat-genesis-ppc64le = " \
     file://xcat-genesis-powerpc64.cfg \
 "
 
-do_kernel_metadata:prepend:xcat-genesis-ppc64le() {
+xcat_genesis_patch_power_metadata() {
     metadata=${UNPACKDIR}/${KMETA}/bsp/qemu-ppc64/qemu-ppc64.cfg
     if grep -qx 'CONFIG_CRC32_SLICEBY8=y' "$metadata"; then
         patch -p1 -d ${UNPACKDIR}/${KMETA} \
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ do_kernel_metadata:prepend:xcat-genesis-ppc64le() {
     fi
 }
 
+do_kernel_metadata:prepend:xcat-genesis-ppc64le() {
+    xcat_genesis_patch_power_metadata
+}
+
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE:xcat-genesis-ppc64 = "^xcat-genesis-ppc64$"
 KMACHINE:xcat-genesis-ppc64 = "qemuppc64"
 KBRANCH:xcat-genesis-ppc64 = "v6.18/standard/base"
@@ -77,11 +81,7 @@ SRC_URI:append:xcat-genesis-ppc64 = " \
 "
 
 do_kernel_metadata:prepend:xcat-genesis-ppc64() {
-    metadata=${UNPACKDIR}/${KMETA}/bsp/qemu-ppc64/qemu-ppc64.cfg
-    if grep -qx 'CONFIG_CRC32_SLICEBY8=y' "$metadata"; then
-        patch -p1 -d ${UNPACKDIR}/${KMETA} \
-            < ${UNPACKDIR}/0001-qemu-ppc64-drop-removed-crc32-option.patch
-    fi
+    xcat_genesis_patch_power_metadata
 }
 do_kernel_metadata[depends] += "patch-native:do_populate_sysroot"