diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/126-rxerr_frames.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/126-rxerr_frames.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c65efae0324cbbc8b1821e8b41705a2c1832ed60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/126-rxerr_frames.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_ath.c
+===================================================================
+--- madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710.orig/ath/if_ath.c	2007-07-13 09:14:14.721154018 +0200
++++ madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_ath.c	2007-07-13 09:14:55.499477843 +0200
+@@ -5711,8 +5711,9 @@
+ 			/*
+ 			 * Reject error frames if we have no vaps that 
+ 			 * are operating in monitor mode.
++			 * Reject empty frames as well
+ 			 */
+-			if (sc->sc_nmonvaps == 0)
++			if ((sc->sc_nmonvaps == 0) || (rs->rs_datalen == 0))
+ 				goto rx_next;
+ 		}
+ rx_accept: