diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
index a63a98a96b86..19459dedde41 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/common.bpf.h
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ struct rq *scx_bpf_locked_rq(void) __ksym;
 struct task_struct *scx_bpf_cpu_curr(s32 cpu) __ksym __weak;
 u64 scx_bpf_now(void) __ksym __weak;
 void scx_bpf_events(struct scx_event_stats *events, size_t events__sz) __ksym __weak;
-bool scx_bpf_sub_dispatch(u64 cgroup_id) __ksym __weak;
 
 /*
  * Use the following as @it__iter when calling scx_bpf_dsq_move[_vtime]() from
diff --git a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.bpf.h b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.bpf.h
index 83b3425e63b2..654b566bd94a 100644
--- a/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.bpf.h
+++ b/tools/sched_ext/include/scx/compat.bpf.h
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@ static inline struct task_struct *__COMPAT_scx_bpf_dsq_peek(u64 dsq_id)
 	return p;
 }
 
+/*
+ * v7.1: scx_bpf_sub_dispatch() for sub-sched dispatch. Preserve until
+ * we drop the compat layer for older kernels that lack the kfunc.
+ */
+bool scx_bpf_sub_dispatch___compat(u64 cgroup_id) __ksym __weak;
+
+static inline bool scx_bpf_sub_dispatch(u64 cgroup_id)
+{
+	if (bpf_ksym_exists(scx_bpf_sub_dispatch___compat))
+		return scx_bpf_sub_dispatch___compat(cgroup_id);
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * __COMPAT_is_enq_cpu_selected - Test if SCX_ENQ_CPU_SELECTED is on
  * in a compatible way. We will preserve this __COMPAT helper until v6.16.