diff --git a/optimum/exporters/openvino/model_patcher.py b/optimum/exporters/openvino/model_patcher.py
index 0834c257ea..4998cd5944 100644
--- a/optimum/exporters/openvino/model_patcher.py
+++ b/optimum/exporters/openvino/model_patcher.py
@@ -1872,6 +1872,68 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
                 layer.self_attn.forward = layer.self_attn._orig_forward
 
 
+# copied from  https://github.com/huggingface/optimum/blob/v1.22.0/optimum/bettertransformer/models/attention.py#L169
+# for preserving backward compatibility between outdated codegen remote code and new transformers
+def _codegen_wrapped_scaled_dot_product_legacy(
+    self,
+    query: torch.Tensor,
+    key: torch.Tensor,
+    value: torch.Tensor,
+    attention_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+    head_mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
+):
+    from optimum.bettertransformer.models.attention import raise_on_head_mask
+
+    raise_on_head_mask(head_mask)
+    batch_size = query.shape[0]
+    mask_value = torch.finfo(value.dtype).min
+    mask_value = torch.full([], mask_value, dtype=value.dtype)
+
+    if batch_size == 1 and attention_mask is not None and attention_mask[0, 0, -1, -1] < -1:
+        raise ValueError("BetterTransformer does not support padding='max_length' with a batch size of 1.")
+
+    # in codegen the query and key are always in fp32 regardless of the dtype of the model
+    # https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/5b28b7833297adf65c5160a685425ddb1eee5ce2/src/transformers/models/codegen/modeling_codegen.py#L226
+    query = query.to(value.dtype)
+    key = key.to(value.dtype)
+
+    dropout_p = self.dropout_prob_attn if self.training else 0.0
+    if batch_size == 1 or self.training:
+        if query.shape[2] > 1:
+            # first step of the decoding
+            sdpa_result = torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(
+                query, key, value, attn_mask=None, dropout_p=dropout_p, is_causal=True
+            )
+        else:
+            # in this case, which is the later decoding steps, the `causal_mask`` in
+            # https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/ae54e3c3b18bac0832ad62ea9b896dfd52a09850/src/transformers/models/gpt2/modeling_gpt2.py#L195
+            # is [True, ..., True] so actually not causal
+            sdpa_result = torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(
+                query, key, value, attn_mask=None, dropout_p=dropout_p, is_causal=False
+            )
+    else:
+        query_length, key_length = query.size(-2), key.size(-2)
+
+        # causal_mask is always [True, ..., True] otherwise, so executing this
+        # is unnecessary
+        if query_length > 1:
+            causal_mask = self.causal_mask[:, :, key_length - query_length : key_length, :key_length].to(torch.bool)
+
+            causal_mask = torch.where(causal_mask, 0, mask_value)
+
+            # torch.Tensor.expand does no memory copy
+            causal_mask = causal_mask.expand(batch_size, -1, -1, -1)
+
+            # we use torch.min to avoid having tensor(-inf)
+            attention_mask = torch.min(causal_mask, attention_mask)
+
+        sdpa_result = torch.nn.functional.scaled_dot_product_attention(
+            query, key, value, attn_mask=attention_mask, dropout_p=dropout_p, is_causal=False
+        )
+
+    return sdpa_result, None
+
+
 class CodeGenModelPatcher(DecoderModelPatcher):
     def __enter__(self):
         super().__enter__()
@@ -1880,10 +1942,17 @@ def __enter__(self):
         # For avoiding breaking model on tracing stage, we reduce area of bettertransformer patch only for _attn.
         from optimum.bettertransformer.models.attention import codegen_wrapped_scaled_dot_product
 
+        attn_fn = codegen_wrapped_scaled_dot_product
+        if is_torch_version(">=", "2.1.0") and is_transformers_version(">=", "4.45"):
+            # in transformers 4.45 removed causal_mask const buffer from model
+            # if it is still exists, it means legacy remote code loaded
+            if hasattr(self._model.transformer.h[0].attn, "causal_mask"):
+                attn_fn = _codegen_wrapped_scaled_dot_product_legacy
+
         for layer in self._model.transformer.h:
             if is_torch_version(">=", "2.1.0") and not self._model.config.output_attentions:
                 orig_self_attn_fwd = layer.attn._attn
-                layer.attn._attn = types.MethodType(codegen_wrapped_scaled_dot_product, layer.attn)
+                layer.attn._attn = types.MethodType(attn_fn, layer.attn)
                 layer.attn._orig_attn = orig_self_attn_fwd
         patch_update_causal_mask(self._model, "4.45.0", "transformer")
 
diff --git a/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py b/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
index 169701e4af..bc862606ba 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ class OVModelForCausalLMIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
         "bloom",
         "chatglm",
         "codegen",
+        "codegen2",
         "gpt2",
         "gpt_neo",
         "gpt_neox",
@@ -821,10 +822,6 @@ class OVModelForCausalLMIntegrationTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "mistral-nemo",
         )
 
-    # custom modeling defined in https://huggingface.co/katuni4ka/tiny-random-codegen2 differs from transformers after v4.45 resulting in unadapted patching
-    if is_transformers_version("<", "4.45.0"):
-        SUPPORTED_ARCHITECTURES += ("codegen2",)
-
     GENERATION_LENGTH = 100
     REMOTE_CODE_MODELS = (
         "chatglm",