diff --git a/0002-Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch b/U_Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from 0002-Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch
rename to U_Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch
diff --git a/0001-mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch b/U_mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from 0001-mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch
rename to U_mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch
diff --git a/mtdev.changes b/mtdev.changes
index adb57fb..b52dc22 100644
--- a/mtdev.changes
+++ b/mtdev.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 10 11:57:53 UTC 2012 - sndirsch@suse.com
+
+- renamed patches according to our patch naming theme
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 11 15:52:10 CEST 2011 - tiwai@suse.de
 
diff --git a/mtdev.spec b/mtdev.spec
index 87aa59e..bcdf4b1 100644
--- a/mtdev.spec
+++ b/mtdev.spec
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ Release:        1
 License:        MIT License (or similar)
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Source:         http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/mtdev-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Patch1:         0001-mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch
-Patch2:         0002-Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch
+Patch1:         U_mtdev_close-should-ignore-NULL-devices.patch
+Patch2:         U_Return-EINVAL-for-invalid-parameters-on-mtdev_init.patch
 Url:            http://bitmath.org/code/mtdev/
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build