diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/439-wlanconfig_stack_usage.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/439-wlanconfig_stack_usage.patch
index dc239927fd..f346143c3f 100644
--- a/package/madwifi/patches/439-wlanconfig_stack_usage.patch
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/439-wlanconfig_stack_usage.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 --- a/tools/wlanconfig.c
 +++ b/tools/wlanconfig.c
+@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ ieee80211_ntoa(const uint8_t mac[IEEE802
+ static void
+ list_stations(const char *ifname)
+ {
+-	uint8_t buf[24*1024];
++	static uint8_t buf[24*1024];
+ 	struct iwreq iwr;
+ 	uint8_t *cp;
+ 	int s, len;
 @@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ list_stations(const char *ifname)
  static void
  list_scan(const char *ifname)