diff --git a/iproute2-2.6.23-iplink.diff b/iproute2-2.6.23-iplink.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930c70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iproute2-2.6.23-iplink.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- ip/iplink.c	2008-07-11 11:00:24.000000000 +0200
++++ ip/iplink.c	2008-07-11 11:02:05.000000000 +0200
+@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
+ {
+ 	struct nlmsgerr *err = (struct nlmsgerr *)NLMSG_DATA(n);
+ 
+-	if (n->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR && err->error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
++	if (n->nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR &&
++		(err->error == -EOPNOTSUPP || err->error == -EINVAL))
+ 		have_rtnl_newlink = 0;
+ 	else
+ 		have_rtnl_newlink = 1;
diff --git a/iproute2.changes b/iproute2.changes
index e595a32..3c97d95 100644
--- a/iproute2.changes
+++ b/iproute2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 11 11:03:43 CEST 2008 - ms@suse.de
+
+- fixed RTM_NEWLINK check for older kernels (bnc #407954)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 30 10:02:03 CEST 2008 - ms@suse.de
 
diff --git a/iproute2.spec b/iproute2.spec
index 7c1e028..cc968fa 100644
--- a/iproute2.spec
+++ b/iproute2.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Group:          Productivity/Networking/Routing
 Provides:       iproute 
 AutoReqProv:    on
 Version:        2.6.23
-Release:        78
+Release:        83
 Summary:        Advanced Routing
 Url:            http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/
 Source0:        %name-%version.tar.bz2
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Patch5:         %name-2.6.23-fragtimeout.diff
 Patch6:         %name-2.6.23-flushcheckuid.diff
 Patch7:         %name-2.6.23-strip.diff
 Patch8:         %name-2.6.23-qdisc.diff
+Patch9:         %name-2.6.23-iplink.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %package -n libnlink
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch6
 %patch7
 %patch8
+%patch9
 find . -name *.orig -print0 | xargs -r0 rm -v
 
 %build
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %_libdir/lib*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 11 2008 ms@suse.de
+- fixed RTM_NEWLINK check for older kernels (bnc #407954)
 * Mon Jun 30 2008 ms@suse.de
 - fixed 'tc qdisc' segmentation fault (bnc #404755)
 * Thu May 08 2008 ms@suse.de