diff --git a/iptables-1.4.12-fixresore.patch b/iptables-1.4.12-fixresore.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94358f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iptables-1.4.12-fixresore.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -Nur iptables-1.4.12.2/iptables/ip6tables-restore.c iptables-1.4.12.2-fixrestore/iptables/ip6tables-restore.c
+--- iptables-1.4.12.2/iptables/ip6tables-restore.c	2012-01-03 02:19:09.000000000 +0900
++++ iptables-1.4.12.2-fixrestore/iptables/ip6tables-restore.c	2012-03-01 10:56:10.000000000 +0900
+@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@
+ 			quote_open = 0;
+ 			escaped = 0;
+ 			param_len = 0;
++			char param_buffer[1024];
+ 
+ 			for (curchar = parsestart; *curchar; curchar++) {
+-				char param_buffer[1024];
+ 
+ 				if (quote_open) {
+ 					if (escaped) {
+diff -Nur iptables-1.4.12.2/iptables/iptables-restore.c iptables-1.4.12.2-fixrestore/iptables/iptables-restore.c
+--- iptables-1.4.12.2/iptables/iptables-restore.c	2012-01-03 02:19:09.000000000 +0900
++++ iptables-1.4.12.2-fixrestore/iptables/iptables-restore.c	2012-03-01 10:56:00.000000000 +0900
+@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@
+ 			quote_open = 0;
+ 			escaped = 0;
+ 			param_len = 0;
++			char param_buffer[1024];
+ 
+ 			for (curchar = parsestart; *curchar; curchar++) {
+-				char param_buffer[1024];
+ 
+ 				if (quote_open) {
+ 					if (escaped) {
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index 4500b89..f5cb397 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 Name: iptables
 Summary: Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering capabilities
 Version: 1.4.14
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Source: http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1: iptables.init
 Source2: iptables-config
 Source3: iptables.service
+Patch1: iptables-1.4.12-fixresore.patch
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://www.netfilter.org/
 BuildRoot: %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ stable and may change with every new version. It is therefore unsupported.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch1 -p1 -b fixresore
 
 %build
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fno-strict-aliasing " \
@@ -240,6 +242,10 @@ fi
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/xtables.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jul 18 2012 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> 1.4.14-3
+- added fixrestore patch submitted to upstream by fryasu (nfbz#774) 
+  (RHBZ#825796)
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Thomas Woerner <twoerner@redhat.com> 1.4.14-2
 - disabled libipq, removed upstream, not provided by kernel anymore