diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-0001-kernel-4.6-fix.patch b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-0001-kernel-4.6-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfe69b3418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/patches/xf86-video-nvidia-0001-kernel-4.6-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- a/kernel/os-mlock.c	2016-04-03 05:07:03.000000000 +0200
++++ b/kernel/os-mlock.c	2016-04-17 00:46:54.758305738 +0200
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
+     }
+ 
+     down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+-    ret = get_user_pages(current, mm, (unsigned long)address,
++    ret = get_user_pages((unsigned long)address,
+             page_count, write, force, user_pages, NULL);
+     up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
+     pinned = ret;
+@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
+     else if (pinned < page_count)
+     {
+         for (i = 0; i < pinned; i++)
+-            page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);
++            put_page(user_pages[i]);
+         os_free_mem(user_pages);
+         return NV_ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS;
+     }
+@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
+     {
+         if (write)
+             set_page_dirty_lock(user_pages[i]);
+-        page_cache_release(user_pages[i]);
++        put_page(user_pages[i]);
+     }
+ 
+     os_free_mem(user_pages);