diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/patches/100_mbemu_nullptr.diff b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/patches/100_mbemu_nullptr.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b30e7f4213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-input-evdev/patches/100_mbemu_nullptr.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -Nurp xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.2.2/src/emuMB.c xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.2.2-working/src/emuMB.c
+--- xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.2.2/src/emuMB.c	2009-03-22 23:35:13.000000000 -0700
++++ xserver-xorg-input-evdev-2.2.2-working/src/emuMB.c	2009-07-30 14:30:19.000000000 -0700
+@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void EvdevMBEmuWakeupHandler(pointer dat
+     EvdevPtr     pEvdev = (EvdevPtr)pInfo->private;
+     int ms;
+ 
+-    if (pEvdev->emulateMB.pending)
++    if (pEvdev && pEvdev->emulateMB.pending)
+     {
+         ms = pEvdev->emulateMB.expires - GetTimeInMillis();
+         if (ms <= 0)
+@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void EvdevMBEmuBlockHandler(pointer data
+     EvdevPtr        pEvdev= (EvdevPtr) pInfo->private;
+     int             ms;
+ 
+-    if (pEvdev->emulateMB.pending)
++    if (pEvdev && pEvdev->emulateMB.pending)
+     {
+         ms = pEvdev->emulateMB.expires - GetTimeInMillis ();
+         if (ms <= 0)
+@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ void
+ EvdevMBEmuEnable(InputInfoPtr pInfo, BOOL enable)
+ {
+     EvdevPtr pEvdev = (EvdevPtr)pInfo->private;
+-    if (pEvdev->emulateMB.enabled == MBEMU_AUTO)
++    if (pEvdev && pEvdev->emulateMB.enabled == MBEMU_AUTO)
+         pEvdev->emulateMB.enabled = enable;
+ }
+