diff --git a/patches.fixes/netbk-for-new-udev.patch b/patches.fixes/netbk-for-new-udev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6618354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches.fixes/netbk-for-new-udev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+--- linux-2.6.34.1/drivers/xen/netback/xenbus.c.orig	2011-03-25 20:09:13.580685804 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.34.1/drivers/xen/netback/xenbus.c	2011-03-25 20:08:00.215437569 +0100
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdarg.h>
+ #include <linux/module.h>
++#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+ #include <xen/xenbus.h>
+ #include "common.h"
+ 
+@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
+     printk("netback/xenbus (%s:%d) " fmt ".\n", __FUNCTION__, __LINE__, ##args)
+ #endif
+ 
++static DECLARE_RWSEM(teardown_sem);
+ 
+ static int connect_rings(struct backend_info *);
+ static void connect(struct backend_info *);
+@@ -39,13 +41,18 @@
+ 
+ 	netback_remove_accelerators(be, dev);
+ 
+-	if (be->netif) {
++	if (be->netif)
+ 		kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
++
++	down_write(&teardown_sem);
++	if (be->netif) {
+ 		netif_disconnect(be->netif);
+ 		be->netif = NULL;
+ 	}
+-	kfree(be);
+ 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
++	up_write(&teardown_sem);
++	kfree(be);
++
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -151,8 +158,7 @@
+  */
+ static int netback_uevent(struct xenbus_device *xdev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+ {
+-	struct backend_info *be = dev_get_drvdata(&xdev->dev);
+-	netif_t *netif = be->netif;
++	struct backend_info *be;
+ 	char *val;
+ 
+ 	DPRINTK("netback_uevent");
+@@ -163,12 +169,15 @@
+ 		xenbus_dev_fatal(xdev, err, "reading script");
+ 		return err;
+ 	}
+-	else {
+-		add_uevent_var(env, "script=%s", val);
+-		kfree(val);
+-	}
+ 
+-	add_uevent_var(env, "vif=%s", netif->dev->name);
++	add_uevent_var(env, "script=%s", val);
++	kfree(val);
++
++	down_read(&teardown_sem);
++	be = dev_get_drvdata(&xdev->dev);
++	if (be && be->netif)
++		add_uevent_var(env, "vif=%s", be->netif->dev->name);
++	up_read(&teardown_sem);
+ 
+ 	return 0;
+ }
+@@ -179,6 +188,7 @@
+ 	int err;
+ 	long handle;
+ 	struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
++	netif_t *netif;
+ 
+ 	if (be->netif != NULL)
+ 		return;
+@@ -189,13 +199,13 @@
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	be->netif = netif_alloc(&dev->dev, dev->otherend_id, handle);
+-	if (IS_ERR(be->netif)) {
+-		err = PTR_ERR(be->netif);
+-		be->netif = NULL;
++	netif = netif_alloc(&dev->dev, dev->otherend_id, handle);
++	if (IS_ERR(netif)) {
++		err = PTR_ERR(netif);
+ 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "creating interface");
+ 		return;
+ 	}
++	be->netif = netif;
+ 
+ 	kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
+ }
diff --git a/series-domU.conf b/series-domU.conf
index d9808d0..09348d3 100644
--- a/series-domU.conf
+++ b/series-domU.conf
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@
 	# Allow setting maximum number of raw devices
 	patches.suse/raw_device_max_minors_param.diff
 	patches.suse/no-partition-scan
+	patches.fixes/netbk-for-new-udev.patch
 
 	########################################################
 	# Other drivers we have added to the tree
diff --git a/series.conf b/series.conf
index 6794e82..cf37d31 100644
--- a/series.conf
+++ b/series.conf
@@ -856,3 +856,5 @@
 	patches.xen/pcifront-irq-not-evtchn.patch
 
 	patches.qubes/nuke_balloon_minimum_target.patch
+
+	patches.fixes/netbk-for-new-udev.patch