diff --git a/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go b/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
index edaf60fe95..d7cbd98465 100644
--- a/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
+++ b/src/internal/poll/copy_file_range_linux.go
@@ -10,16 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-func supportCopyFileRange() bool {
-	return isKernelVersionGE53()
-}
-
-var isKernelVersionGE53 = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
-	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
+var supportCopyFileRange = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
 	// copy_file_range(2) is broken in various ways on kernels older than 5.3,
 	// see https://go.dev/issue/42400 and
 	// https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/copy_file_range.2.html#VERSIONS
-	return major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 3)
+	return unix.KernelVersionGE(5, 3)
 })
 
 // For best performance, call copy_file_range() with the largest len value
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_freebsd.go b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_freebsd.go
index ef9ee136f3..db3519ddfb 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_freebsd.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_freebsd.go
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ func KernelVersion() (major, minor int) {
 // This function will examine both the kernel version and the availability of the system call.
 var SupportCopyFileRange = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
 	// The copy_file_range() function first appeared in FreeBSD 13.0.
-	major, _ := KernelVersion()
+	if !KernelVersionGE(13, 0) {
+		return false
+	}
 	_, err := CopyFileRange(0, nil, 0, nil, 0, 0)
-	return major >= 13 && err != syscall.ENOSYS
+	return err != syscall.ENOSYS
 })
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge.go b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a142404199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package unix
+
+// KernelVersionGE checks if the running kernel version
+// is greater than or equal to the provided version.
+func KernelVersionGE(x, y int) bool {
+	xx, yy := KernelVersion()
+
+	return xx > x || (xx == x && yy >= y)
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge_test.go b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b1b23cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_ge_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2025 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package unix_test
+
+import (
+	"internal/syscall/unix"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestKernelVersionGE(t *testing.T) {
+	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
+	t.Logf("Running on kernel %d.%d", major, minor)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		x, y int
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "current version equals itself",
+			x:    major,
+			y:    minor,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "older major version",
+			x:    major - 1,
+			y:    0,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "same major, older minor version",
+			x:    major,
+			y:    minor - 1,
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "newer major version",
+			x:    major + 1,
+			y:    0,
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "same major, newer minor version",
+			x:    major,
+			y:    minor + 1,
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "min version (0.0)",
+			x:    0,
+			y:    0,
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := unix.KernelVersionGE(tt.x, tt.y)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("KernelVersionGE(%d, %d): got %v, want %v", tt.x, tt.y, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_solaris.go b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_solaris.go
index 3f399411d7..7904e1f429 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_solaris.go
+++ b/src/internal/syscall/unix/kernel_version_solaris.go
@@ -77,11 +77,10 @@ var SupportSockNonblockCloexec = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
 	}
 	if err != syscall.EPROTONOSUPPORT && err != syscall.EINVAL {
 		// Something wrong with socket(), fall back to checking the kernel version.
-		major, minor := KernelVersion()
 		if runtime.GOOS == "illumos" {
-			return major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 11) // minimal requirement is SunOS 5.11
+			return KernelVersionGE(5, 11) // Minimal requirement is SunOS 5.11.
 		}
-		return major > 11 || (major == 11 && minor >= 4)
+		return KernelVersionGE(11, 4)
 	}
 	return false
 })
@@ -101,6 +100,5 @@ var SupportAccept4 = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
 // SupportTCPKeepAliveIdleIntvlCNT determines whether the TCP_KEEPIDLE, TCP_KEEPINTVL and TCP_KEEPCNT
 // are available by checking the kernel version for Solaris 11.4.
 var SupportTCPKeepAliveIdleIntvlCNT = sync.OnceValue(func() bool {
-	major, minor := KernelVersion()
-	return major > 11 || (major == 11 && minor >= 4)
+	return KernelVersionGE(11, 4)
 })
diff --git a/src/net/mptcpsock_linux.go b/src/net/mptcpsock_linux.go
index 4223090485..5b58418653 100644
--- a/src/net/mptcpsock_linux.go
+++ b/src/net/mptcpsock_linux.go
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ func initMPTCPavailable() {
 		mptcpAvailable = true
 	}
 
-	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
-	// SOL_MPTCP only supported from kernel 5.16
-	hasSOLMPTCP = major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 16)
+	// SOL_MPTCP only supported from kernel 5.16.
+	hasSOLMPTCP = unix.KernelVersionGE(5, 16)
 }
 
 func (sd *sysDialer) dialMPTCP(ctx context.Context, laddr, raddr *TCPAddr) (*TCPConn, error) {
diff --git a/src/net/sock_linux.go b/src/net/sock_linux.go
index cffe9a236f..380a8880d1 100644
--- a/src/net/sock_linux.go
+++ b/src/net/sock_linux.go
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ import (
 //
 // See issue 5030 and 41470.
 func maxAckBacklog(n int) int {
-	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
 	size := 16
-	if major > 4 || (major == 4 && minor >= 1) {
+	if unix.KernelVersionGE(4, 1) {
 		size = 32
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/net/sock_linux_test.go b/src/net/sock_linux_test.go
index 11303cfff1..9696cddce9 100644
--- a/src/net/sock_linux_test.go
+++ b/src/net/sock_linux_test.go
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ import (
 
 func TestMaxAckBacklog(t *testing.T) {
 	n := 196602
-	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
 	backlog := maxAckBacklog(n)
 	expected := 1<<16 - 1
-	if major > 4 || (major == 4 && minor >= 1) {
+	if unix.KernelVersionGE(4, 1) {
 		expected = n
 	}
 	if backlog != expected {
-		t.Fatalf(`Kernel version: "%d.%d", sk_max_ack_backlog mismatch, got %d, want %d`, major, minor, backlog, expected)
+		t.Fatalf(`sk_max_ack_backlog mismatch, got %d, want %d`, backlog, expected)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/os/exec/lp_linux_test.go b/src/os/exec/lp_linux_test.go
index a7f9aa24b8..1436763038 100644
--- a/src/os/exec/lp_linux_test.go
+++ b/src/os/exec/lp_linux_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func TestFindExecutableVsNoexec(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	// This test case relies on faccessat2(2) syscall, which appeared in Linux v5.8.
-	if major, minor := unix.KernelVersion(); major < 5 || (major == 5 && minor < 8) {
+	if !unix.KernelVersionGE(5, 8) {
 		t.Skip("requires Linux kernel v5.8 with faccessat2(2) syscall")
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
index 99c5155806..25a2f3b324 100644
--- a/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/pprof/pprof_test.go
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ func TestCPUProfileMultithreadMagnitude(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skip("issue 35057 is only confirmed on Linux")
 	}
 
-	// Linux [5.9,5.16) has a kernel bug that can break CPU timers on newly
-	// created threads, breaking our CPU accounting.
-	major, minor := unix.KernelVersion()
-	t.Logf("Running on Linux %d.%d", major, minor)
 	defer func() {
 		if t.Failed() {
 			t.Logf("Failure of this test may indicate that your system suffers from a known Linux kernel bug fixed on newer kernels. See https://golang.org/issue/49065.")
@@ -131,9 +127,9 @@ func TestCPUProfileMultithreadMagnitude(t *testing.T) {
 	// it enabled to potentially warn users that they are on a broken
 	// kernel.
 	if testenv.Builder() != "" && (runtime.GOARCH == "386" || runtime.GOARCH == "amd64") {
-		have59 := major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 9)
-		have516 := major > 5 || (major == 5 && minor >= 16)
-		if have59 && !have516 {
+		// Linux [5.9,5.16) has a kernel bug that can break CPU timers on newly
+		// created threads, breaking our CPU accounting.
+		if unix.KernelVersionGE(5, 9) && !unix.KernelVersionGE(5, 16) {
 			testenv.SkipFlaky(t, 49065)
 		}
 	}