diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-994-505b702af7025ad977558e75d25764744c47f5a3.patch b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-994-505b702af7025ad977558e75d25764744c47f5a3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba54709dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/patches/xbmc-22ad8e4-994-505b702af7025ad977558e75d25764744c47f5a3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 505b702af7025ad977558e75d25764744c47f5a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: vdrfan <vdrfan-nospam-@xbmc.org>
+Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:31:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] fixed: reverted File.cpp parts of
+ 23607e247c0074d88464a39eca643897550cb70 as they were
+ causing troubles
+
+---
+ xbmc/filesystem/File.cpp |   14 ++++++++------
+ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/xbmc/filesystem/File.cpp b/xbmc/filesystem/File.cpp
+index 375226e..ef16255 100644
+--- a/xbmc/filesystem/File.cpp
++++ b/xbmc/filesystem/File.cpp
+@@ -217,15 +217,16 @@ bool CFile::Open(const CStdString& strFileName, unsigned int flags)
+   try
+   {
+     bool bPathInCache;
+-    CURL url(URIUtils::SubstitutePath(strFileName));
+-    if (url.GetProtocol() == "zip")
+-      url.SetOptions("");
+-    if (!g_directoryCache.FileExists(url.Get(), bPathInCache) )
++    CURL url2(strFileName);
++    if (url2.GetProtocol() == "zip")
++      url2.SetOptions("");
++    if (!g_directoryCache.FileExists(url2.Get(), bPathInCache) )
+     {
+       if (bPathInCache)
+         return false;
+     }
+ 
++    CURL url(URIUtils::SubstitutePath(strFileName));
+     if ( (flags & READ_NO_CACHE) == 0 && URIUtils::IsInternetStream(url) && !CUtil::IsPicture(strFileName) )
+       m_flags |= READ_CACHED;
+ 
+@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ bool CFile::OpenForWrite(const CStdString& strFileName, bool bOverWrite)
+ 
+ bool CFile::Exists(const CStdString& strFileName, bool bUseCache /* = true */)
+ {
+-  CURL url(URIUtils::SubstitutePath(strFileName));
++  CURL url;
+   
+   try
+   {
+@@ -353,12 +354,13 @@ bool CFile::Exists(const CStdString& strFileName, bool bUseCache /* = true */)
+     if (bUseCache)
+     {
+       bool bPathInCache;
+-      if (g_directoryCache.FileExists(url.Get(), bPathInCache) )
++      if (g_directoryCache.FileExists(strFileName, bPathInCache) )
+         return true;
+       if (bPathInCache)
+         return false;
+     }
+ 
++    url = URIUtils::SubstitutePath(strFileName);
+     auto_ptr<IFile> pFile(CFileFactory::CreateLoader(url));
+     if (!pFile.get())
+       return false;
+-- 
+1.7.5.4
+