diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-linux-3.8.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-linux-3.8.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc087218d8..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-linux-3.8.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
---- open-vm-tools-2012.05.21-724730/modules/linux/vmci/linux/driver.c~	2012-05-22 22:12:52.000000000 +0200
-+++ open-vm-tools-2012.05.21-724730/modules/linux/vmci/linux/driver.c	2013-02-21 01:22:04.836684885 +0100
-@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ static struct pci_driver vmci_driver = {
-    .name     = VMCI_DEVICE_NAME,
-    .id_table = vmci_ids,
-    .probe = vmci_probe_device,
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
-    .remove = __devexit_p(vmci_remove_device),
-+#else
-+   .remove = vmci_remove_device,
-+#endif
- };
- 
- #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 19)
-@@ -1747,7 +1751,10 @@ vmci_enable_msix(struct pci_dev *pdev) /
-  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  */
- 
--static int __devinit
-+static int
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
-+__devinit
-+#endif
- vmci_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,           // IN: vmci PCI device
-                   const struct pci_device_id *id) // IN: matching device ID
- {
-@@ -1975,7 +1982,10 @@ vmci_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
-  *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  */
- 
--static void __devexit
-+static void
-+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
-+__devexit
-+#endif
- vmci_remove_device(struct pci_dev* pdev)
- {
-    struct vmci_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
---- open-vm-tools-2012.05.21-724730/modules/linux/shared/compat_mm.h	2013-01-17 17:58:53.090333002 +0100
-+++ open-vm-tools-2012.05.21-724730/modules/linux/shared/compat_mm.h	2013-01-17 18:18:25.274280444 +0100
-@@ -99,8 +99,18 @@ static inline struct page * alloc_pages(
-    vmtruncate(inode, size);                                                   \
-    result;                                                                    \
- })
--#else
-+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
- #define compat_vmtruncate(inode, size) vmtruncate(inode, size)
-+#else
-+#define compat_vmtruncate(inode, size)                                        \
-+({                                                                            \
-+   result = inode_newsize_ok(inode, size);                                    \
-+   if (!result)                                                               \
-+   {                                                                          \
-+      truncate_setsize(inode, size);                                          \
-+   }                                                                          \
-+   result;                                                                    \
-+})
- #endif
- 
- 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-kernel-3.6.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-kernel-3.9.patch
similarity index 82%
rename from packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-kernel-3.6.patch
rename to packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-kernel-3.9.patch
index 26d6dd2d9d..88bdb4832b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-kernel-3.6.patch
+++ b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-kernel-3.9.patch
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 diff --git a/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c b/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c
-index 8d6cfbb..3642171 100644
+index af240d7..2994df7 100644
 --- a/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c
 +++ b/modules/linux/vmhgfs/inode.c
-@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ HgfsPermission(struct inode *inode,
+@@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ HgfsPermission(struct inode *inode,
  #else
     if (mask & MAY_ACCESS) { /* For sys_access. */
  #endif
 -      struct list_head *pos;
 +      struct hlist_node *pos;
-       int dcount = 0;
-       struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
  
-@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ HgfsPermission(struct inode *inode,
+       /*
+        * In 2.6.38 path walk is done in 2 distinct modes: rcu-walk and
+@@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ HgfsPermission(struct inode *inode,
  #endif
  
        /* Find a dentry with valid d_count. Refer bug 587879. */
 -      list_for_each(pos, &inode->i_dentry) {
 +      list_for_each(pos, inode->i_dentry.first) {
-          dentry = list_entry(pos, struct dentry, d_alias);
+          int dcount;
+          struct dentry *dentry = list_entry(pos, struct dentry, d_alias);
  #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2, 6, 38)
-          dcount = atomic_read(&dentry->d_count);
 diff --git a/modules/linux/vmsync/sync.c b/modules/linux/vmsync/sync.c
 index d05ccad..dff7fb5 100644
 --- a/modules/linux/vmsync/sync.c
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-linuxdir.patch b/packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-linuxdir.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-9.2.2-893683-linuxdir.patch
rename to packages/sysutils/open-vm-tools/patches/open-vm-tools-linuxdir.patch