diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
index d193554c4e37..28b23a61ff06 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ./i686-build-failure.patch
     ./license.patch
     ./linux-4.7.patch
+    ./null-pointer-fix.patch
     ./gcc.patch
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/null-pointer-fix.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/null-pointer-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..763797294307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/null-pointer-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -urN a/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c b/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
+--- a/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c	2015-01-06 12:33:42.981659618 +0100
++++ b/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c	2015-01-06 12:34:05.647395418 +0100
+@@ -2157,8 +2157,8 @@
+ 	wlif = WL_DEV_IF(dev);
+ 	wl = WL_INFO(dev);
+ 
++	skb->prev = NULL;
+ 	if (WL_ALL_PASSIVE_ENAB(wl) || (WL_RTR() && WL_CONFIG_SMP())) {
+-		skb->prev = NULL;
+ 
+ 		TXQ_LOCK(wl);
+