diff --git a/ACPICA-Fix-possible-fault-in-return-package-object-repair-code.patch b/ACPICA-Fix-possible-fault-in-return-package-object-repair-code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8956b810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ACPICA-Fix-possible-fault-in-return-package-object-repair-code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
+
+Fixes a problem that can occur when a lone package object is
+wrapped with an outer package object in order to conform to
+the ACPI specification. Can affect these predefined names:
+_ALR,_MLS,_PSS,_TRT,_TSS,_PRT,_HPX,_DLM,_CSD,_PSD,_TSD
+
+https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44171
+
+Reported-by: Vlastimil Babka <caster@gentoo.org>
+Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
+Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
+---
+
+Len, 
+
+This is an important bug fix.
+Could you merge it?
+
+ drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c |    2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+index 23ce096..fe66260 100644
+--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
++++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
+@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ acpi_ns_check_package(struct acpi_predefined_data *data,
+ 			/* Create the new outer package and populate it */
+ 
+ 			status =
+-			    acpi_ns_wrap_with_package(data, *elements,
++			    acpi_ns_wrap_with_package(data, return_object,
+ 						      return_object_ptr);
+ 			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ 				return (status);
+-- 
+1.7.2.5
+
+
+
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diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index e9b58e363..70988bb30 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Summary: The Linux kernel
 # For non-released -rc kernels, this will be appended after the rcX and
 # gitX tags, so a 3 here would become part of release "0.rcX.gitX.3"
 #
-%global baserelease 5
+%global baserelease 6
 %global fedora_build %{baserelease}
 
 # base_sublevel is the kernel version we're starting with and patching
@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ Patch22051: xen-blkback-Copy-id-field-when-doing-BLKIF_DISCARD.patch
 Patch22055: crypto-testmgr-allow-aesni-intel-and-ghash_clmulni-intel.patch
 Patch22056: crypto-aesni-intel-fix-wrong-kfree-pointer.patch
 
+#rhbz 834318
+Patch22057: ACPICA-Fix-possible-fault-in-return-package-object-repair-code.patch
+
 # END OF PATCH DEFINITIONS
 
 %endif
@@ -1520,6 +1523,9 @@ ApplyPatch xen-blkback-Copy-id-field-when-doing-BLKIF_DISCARD.patch
 ApplyPatch crypto-testmgr-allow-aesni-intel-and-ghash_clmulni-intel.patch
 ApplyPatch crypto-aesni-intel-fix-wrong-kfree-pointer.patch
 
+#rhbz 834318
+ApplyPatch ACPICA-Fix-possible-fault-in-return-package-object-repair-code.patch
+
 # END OF PATCH APPLICATIONS
 
 %endif
@@ -2258,6 +2264,9 @@ fi
 # and build.
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 12 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
+- Add patch to fix ACPICA null pointer exception regression (rhbz 834318)
+
 * Wed Jul 11 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@redhat.com>
 - Fix FIPS for aesni hardware (rhbz 839239)