diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/140-mesh_pathtbl_backport.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/140-mesh_pathtbl_backport.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aae5559e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/140-mesh_pathtbl_backport.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
++++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@ static void table_flush_by_iface(struct 
+ 	struct hlist_node *p;
+ 	int i;
+ 
+-	WARN_ON(!rcu_read_lock_held());
+ 	for_each_mesh_entry(tbl, p, node, i) {
+ 		mpath = node->mpath;
+ 		if (mpath->sdata != sdata)