diff --git a/fix_h_expect_policy_free.patch b/fix_h_expect_policy_free.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f767c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix_h_expect_policy_free.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- libnetfilter_cthelper-1.0.0.orig/src/libnetfilter_cthelper.c	2012-06-05 17:59:28.810356258 +0100
++++ libnetfilter_cthelper-1.0.0/src/libnetfilter_cthelper.c	2014-12-07 19:52:55.769975500 +0000
+@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@
+ {
+ 	int i;
+ 
+-	free(h);
+ 	for (i=0; i<NF_CT_HELPER_CLASS_MAX; i++) {
+ 		if (h->expect_policy[i])
+ 			free(h->expect_policy[i]);
+ 	}
++	free(h);
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(nfct_helper_free);
+ 
diff --git a/libnetfilter_cthelper.changes b/libnetfilter_cthelper.changes
index 79519e8..3249e4d 100644
--- a/libnetfilter_cthelper.changes
+++ b/libnetfilter_cthelper.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Dec  7 19:58:44 UTC 2014 - cshorler@googlemail.com
+
+- fix segfault due to free of free'd pointer 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 23 15:43:40 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/libnetfilter_cthelper.spec b/libnetfilter_cthelper.spec
index 45267da..aed4e02 100644
--- a/libnetfilter_cthelper.spec
+++ b/libnetfilter_cthelper.spec
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Source:         http://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_cthelper/files/%name-
 Source2:        http://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_cthelper/files/%name-%version.tar.bz2.sig
 Source3:        baselibs.conf
 Source4:        %name.keyring
+Patch0:         fix_h_expect_policy_free.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #BuildRequires:  autoconf
 #BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.6
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ Netfilter userspace helper infrastructure.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 if [ ! -e configure ]; then