diff --git a/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8192CU/patches/RTL8192CU-kernel-4.8.patch b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8192CU/patches/RTL8192CU-kernel-4.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ed92e7bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/linux-drivers/RTL8192CU/patches/RTL8192CU-kernel-4.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -Naur a/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+--- a/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c	2016-09-11 01:43:17.669610692 +0100
++++ b/os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c	2016-09-11 01:45:09.268139751 +0100
+@@ -1789,7 +1789,14 @@
+ 		}
+ 		else
+ 		{
++#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,8,0)
++			struct cfg80211_scan_info info = {
++				.aborted = aborted
++			};
++			cfg80211_scan_done(pwdev_priv->scan_request, &info);
++#else
+ 			cfg80211_scan_done(pwdev_priv->scan_request, aborted);
++#endif
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		pwdev_priv->scan_request = NULL;