diff --git a/coreutils-8.31-disable-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch b/coreutils-8.31-disable-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc2777a..0000000
--- a/coreutils-8.31-disable-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 0618c1b3b62cd68d22371b55fe6ca9dc8a00ea51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:58:37 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh: skip unreliable test
-
-Bug: https://debbugs.gnu.org/39357
----
- tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
-index e466720..2a61127 100755
---- a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
-+++ b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ print_ver_ cp
- 
- kall=/proc/kallsyms
- 
--test -r $kall || skip_ "your system lacks $kall"
-+skip_ "If the content of $kall changed on the fly, this test would fail."
- 
- # Before coreutils-7.3, cp would copy less than 4KiB of this 1MB+ file.
- cp $kall 1    || fail=1
--- 
-2.21.1
-
diff --git a/coreutils-8.31-improve-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch b/coreutils-8.31-improve-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..188a75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-8.31-improve-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+From fb4cb651666adb43e8b332de95616e250b4d16f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
+Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 00:37:23 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] tests: avoid false failure due to varying /proc/kallsyms
+
+* tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh: Switch to using /proc/cpuinfo,
+rather than /proc/kallsyms which was seen to vary in some cases.
+Fixes https://bugs.gnu.org/39357
+
+Upstream-commit: ab108667ba6112efdd42f9618a1920dc9b8f6e51
+Signed-off-by: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+---
+ tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh | 22 +++++++++-------------
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
+index 6c58881de..dcc8b30d5 100755
+--- a/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
++++ b/tests/cp/proc-short-read.sh
+@@ -19,22 +19,18 @@
+ . "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+ print_ver_ cp
+ 
+-kall=/proc/kallsyms
++proc_large=/proc/cpuinfo  # usually > 4KiB
+ 
+-test -r $kall || skip_ "your system lacks $kall"
++test -r $proc_large || skip_ "your system lacks $proc_large"
+ 
+-# Before coreutils-7.3, cp would copy less than 4KiB of this 1MB+ file.
+-cp $kall 1    || fail=1
+-cat $kall > 2 || fail=1
+-compare 1 2   || fail=1
++# Before coreutils-7.3, cp would copy less than 4KiB of this file.
++cp $proc_large 1    || fail=1
++cat $proc_large > 2 || fail=1
+ 
+-# Also check md5sum, just for good measure.
+-md5sum $kall > 3 || fail=1
+-md5sum 2     > 4 || fail=1
++# adjust varying parts
++sed '/MHz/d; /bogomips/d;' 1 > proc.cp || framework_failure_
++sed '/MHz/d; /bogomips/d;' 2 > proc.cat || framework_failure_
+ 
+-# Remove each file name before comparing checksums.
+-sed 's/ .*//' 3 > sum.proc || fail=1
+-sed 's/ .*//' 4 > sum.2    || fail=1
+-compare sum.proc sum.2 || fail=1
++compare proc.cp proc.cat || fail=1
+ 
+ Exit $fail
+-- 
+2.21.1
+
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 3a4cd07..9aa7e7b 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 8.31
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Url:     https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
 Source0: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ Source106:  coreutils-colorls.csh
 # md5sum,b2sum,sha*sum: --help: add note about binary/text mode
 Patch1:   coreutils-8.31-sums-man-pages.patch
 
-# skip a test that relies on /proc/kallsyms having immutable content
-Patch2:   coreutils-8.31-disable-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
+# improve an upstream test that relied on /proc/kallsyms being immutable
+Patch2:   coreutils-8.31-improve-test-cp-proc-short-read.patch
 
 # disable the test-lock gnulib test prone to deadlock
 Patch100: coreutils-8.26-test-lock.patch
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_infodir}/dir
 %license COPYING
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 05 2020 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.31-9
+- use upstream fix the cp/proc-short-read test
+
 * Thu Jan 30 2020 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.31-8
 - skip a test that relies on /proc/kallsyms having immutable content