diff --git a/package/alsa/patches/120-sndfops.patch b/package/alsa/patches/120-sndfops.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc43eb5db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/alsa/patches/120-sndfops.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: alsa-driver-1.0.14rc1/alsa-kernel/core/sound.c
+===================================================================
+--- alsa-driver-1.0.14rc1.orig/alsa-kernel/core/sound.c	2007-07-11 12:15:11.408530571 +0200
++++ alsa-driver-1.0.14rc1/alsa-kernel/core/sound.c	2007-07-11 12:15:26.421386105 +0200
+@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
+ 	return err;
+ }
+ 
+-static struct file_operations snd_fops =
++struct file_operations snd_fops =
+ {
+ 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
+ 	.open =		snd_open