diff --git a/ghc.spec b/ghc.spec
index 61f279b..2bc291e 100644
--- a/ghc.spec
+++ b/ghc.spec
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Patch18: Disable-unboxed-arrays.patch
 
 # ppc64le
 # enable smp with hadrian
+# https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/19825
 Patch20: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/5725.patch
 
 # Debian patches:
@@ -449,6 +450,11 @@ rm libffi-tarballs/libffi-*.tar.gz
 %patch15 -p1 -b .orig
 %patch16 -p1 -b .orig
 %endif
+# workaround before 5725 hadrian fix
+# https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/19825
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%patch16 -p1 -b .orig
+%endif
 
 # bigendian
 %ifarch s390x