--- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c.orig	2022-08-12 20:38:21.000000000 +0200
+++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c	2023-01-25 11:06:01.863076713 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include "libfrog/crc32cselftest.h"
 #include "proto.h"
 #include <ini.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
 
 #define TERABYTES(count, blog)	((uint64_t)(count) << (40 - (blog)))
 #define GIGABYTES(count, blog)	((uint64_t)(count) << (30 - (blog)))
@@ -3998,6 +4000,23 @@
 		cli->cfgfile);
 }
 
+static unsigned int get_system_kver(void)
+{
+	const char *kver = getenv("KVER");
+	struct utsname utsname;
+	int a, b, c;
+
+	if (!kver) {
+		uname(&utsname);
+		kver = utsname.release;
+	}
+
+	if (sscanf(kver, "%d.%d.%d", &a, &b, &c) != 3)
+		return LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
+
+	return KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c);
+}
+
 int
 main(
 	int			argc,
@@ -4077,8 +4096,16 @@
 	};
 
 	struct list_head	buffer_list;
+	unsigned int		kver;
 	int			error;
 
+	/* turn bigtime & inobtcnt back off if running under older kernels */
+	kver = get_system_kver();
+	if (kver < KERNEL_VERSION(5,10,0)) {
+		dft.sb_feat.inobtcnt = false;
+		dft.sb_feat.bigtime = false;
+	}
+
 	platform_uuid_generate(&cli.uuid);
 	progname = basename(argv[0]);
 	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");