diff --git a/packages/linux/patches/3.17.4/linux-999.09-radeon-upstream-fixes.patch b/packages/linux/patches/3.17.4/linux-999.09-radeon-upstream-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f646dee485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux/patches/3.17.4/linux-999.09-radeon-upstream-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From 83d04c39f9048807a8500e575ae3f1718a3f45bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
+Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:23:48 -0400
+Subject: drm/radeon: initialize sadb to NULL in the audio code
+
+Fixes kfree of the sadb buffer when it's NULL.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
+
+diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce3_1_afmt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce3_1_afmt.c
+index 950af15..6b1dbec 100644
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce3_1_afmt.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce3_1_afmt.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void dce3_2_afmt_write_speaker_allocation(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+ 	struct drm_connector *connector;
+ 	struct radeon_connector *radeon_connector = NULL;
+ 	u32 tmp;
+-	u8 *sadb;
++	u8 *sadb = NULL;
+ 	int sad_count;
+ 
+ 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &encoder->dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
+diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce6_afmt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce6_afmt.c
+index c0bbf68..960a5f0 100644
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce6_afmt.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/dce6_afmt.c
+@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void dce6_afmt_write_speaker_allocation(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+ 	struct drm_connector *connector;
+ 	struct radeon_connector *radeon_connector = NULL;
+ 	u32 offset, tmp;
+-	u8 *sadb;
++	u8 *sadb = NULL;
+ 	int sad_count;
+ 
+ 	if (!dig || !dig->afmt || !dig->afmt->pin)
+diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_hdmi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_hdmi.c
+index 2514d65..f6a5c30 100644
+--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_hdmi.c
++++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/evergreen_hdmi.c
+@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void dce4_afmt_write_speaker_allocation(struct drm_encoder *encoder)
+ 	struct drm_connector *connector;
+ 	struct radeon_connector *radeon_connector = NULL;
+ 	u32 tmp;
+-	u8 *sadb;
++	u8 *sadb = NULL;
+ 	int sad_count;
+ 
+ 	list_for_each_entry(connector, &encoder->dev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
+-- 
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