diff --git a/powertop-2.2-fix-crash-on-readonly-fs.patch b/powertop-2.2-fix-crash-on-readonly-fs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0147edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/powertop-2.2-fix-crash-on-readonly-fs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From bd72b4433fec358801afebf3f02ab899b1745c5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaroslav=20=C5=A0karvada?= <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:31:38 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] report: fixed crash when writing report to RO filesystem
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+---
+ src/report/report.cpp | 11 +++++++----
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/report/report.cpp b/src/report/report.cpp
+index 51bc6a7..c018bb1 100644
+--- a/src/report/report.cpp
++++ b/src/report/report.cpp
+@@ -183,13 +183,16 @@ void init_report_output(char *filename_str, int iterations)
+ 
+ void finish_report_output(void)
+ {
+-	fprintf(stderr, _("PowerTOP outputing using base filename %s\n"), reportout.filename);
+ 	if (reporttype == REPORT_OFF)
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	report.finish_report();
+-	fputs(report.get_result(), reportout.report_file);
+-	fdatasync(fileno(reportout.report_file));
+-	fclose(reportout.report_file);
++	if (reportout.report_file)
++	{
++		fprintf(stderr, _("PowerTOP outputing using base filename %s\n"), reportout.filename);
++		fputs(report.get_result(), reportout.report_file);
++		fdatasync(fileno(reportout.report_file));
++		fclose(reportout.report_file);
++	}
+ 	report.clear_result();
+ }
+-- 
+1.7.11.7
+
diff --git a/powertop.spec b/powertop.spec
index 15c3734..d65814f 100644
--- a/powertop.spec
+++ b/powertop.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          powertop
 Version:       2.2
-Release:       1%{?dist}
+Release:       2%{?dist}
 Summary:       Power consumption monitor
 
 Group:         Applications/System
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Source0:       http://01.org/powertop/sites/default/files/downloads/%{name}-%{ve
 
 # Sent upstream
 Patch0:        powertop-2.0-always-create-params.patch
+# Sent upstream
+Patch1:        powertop-2.2-fix-crash-on-readonly-fs.patch
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: gettext, ncurses-devel, pciutils-devel, zlib-devel, libnl3-devel
 
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ computer use more power than necessary while it is idle.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .always-create-params
+%patch1 -p1 -b .fix-crash-on-readonly-fs
 
 # remove left over object files
 find . -name "*.o" -exec rm {} \;
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %{_mandir}/man8/powertop.8*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Nov 28 2012 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.2-2
+- Fixed crash when writing report on readonly filesystem
+  (fix-crash-on-readonly-fs patch)
+
 * Fri Nov 23 2012 Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com> - 2.2-1
 - New version
   Resolves: rhbz#877373