diff --git a/procps-3.3.17-ignore-sysctl_conf.patch b/procps-3.3.17-ignore-sysctl_conf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cfecee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procps-3.3.17-ignore-sysctl_conf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- procps-3.3.17/sysctl.c.old	2021-02-09 11:11:25.000000000 +0100
++++ procps-3.3.17/sysctl.c	2023-12-14 13:56:36.785976315 +0100
+@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@
+ 		fp = (globbuf.gl_pathv[j][0] == '-' && !globbuf.gl_pathv[j][1])
+ 		    ? stdin : fopen(globbuf.gl_pathv[j], "r");
+ 		if (!fp) {
++		        if (strcmp ("/usr/lib/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf", globbuf.gl_pathv[j]) == 0)
++			        continue;
+ 			xwarn(_("cannot open \"%s\""), globbuf.gl_pathv[j]);
+ 			rc = -1;
+ 			goto out;
diff --git a/procps.changes b/procps.changes
index 6b54df8..4f1a738 100644
--- a/procps.changes
+++ b/procps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 14 13:26:05 UTC 2023 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
+
+- procps-3.3.17-ignore-sysctl_conf.patch: ignore dangling symlink
+  to missing /etc/sysctl.conf file [bsc#1217990]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Oct 30 07:03:50 UTC 2023 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/procps.spec b/procps.spec
index e5eae6a..71fc07f 100644
--- a/procps.spec
+++ b/procps.spec
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Patch36:        CVE-2023-4016.patch
 Patch42:        procps-3.3.17-library-bsc1181475.patch
 Patch43:        procps-3.3.17-top-bsc1181475.patch
 Patch44:        procps-ng-3.3.17-logind.patch
+Patch45:        procps-3.3.17-ignore-sysctl_conf.patch
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  dejagnu
 BuildRequires:  diffutils
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ the process information pseudo-file system.
 %patch42
 %patch43
 %patch44 -p1
+%patch45 -p1
 
 %build
 test -s .tarball-version || echo %{version} > .tarball-version