diff --git a/petsc.spec b/petsc.spec
index 4998bce..7e8b8c9 100644
--- a/petsc.spec
+++ b/petsc.spec
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ done
 
 pushd %{name}-%{version}
 %patch -P 7 -p1 -b .backup
+%patch -P 8 -p1 -b .backup
 popd
 
 # Remove pregenerated Cython C sources
@@ -609,7 +610,6 @@ popd
 pushd %{name}-%{version}
 %patch -P 0 -p0 -b .backup
 %patch -P 6 -p1 -b .backup
-%patch -P 8 -p1 -b .backup
 popd
 
 %if %{with openmpi}