diff --git a/sed-dont_close_twice.patch b/sed-dont_close_twice.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afc964b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sed-dont_close_twice.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2014-06/msg00000.html
+
+Index: sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
+===================================================================
+--- sed-4.2.2.orig/sed/utils.c
++++ sed-4.2.2/sed/utils.c
+@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ ck_fclose(stream)
+     {
+       if (!stream || stream == cur->fp)
+ 	{
+-	  do_ck_fclose (cur->fp);
+ 	  prev->link = cur->link;
++	  do_ck_fclose (cur->fp);
+ 	  free(cur->name);
+ 	  free(cur);
+ 	}
diff --git a/sed.changes b/sed.changes
index 3676147..024f9e9 100644
--- a/sed.changes
+++ b/sed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  3 09:48:33 UTC 2014 - tcech@suse.cz
+
+- sed-dont_close_twice.patch (bnc#880817)
+  when closing fails, file is attempted to be closed again
+  patch based of Neil Brown's recommendation
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr  5 12:08:28 UTC 2013 - idonmez@suse.com
 
diff --git a/sed.spec b/sed.spec
index a3b4118..230424a 100644
--- a/sed.spec
+++ b/sed.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package sed
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
 Source:         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2.sig
 Source2:        %{name}.keyring
+# PATCH-FIX-SLE sed-dont_close_twice.patch bnc@880817 tcech@suse.cz -- Fix double close.
+Patch:          sed-dont_close_twice.patch
 # Use rpmbuild -D 'VERIFY_SIG 1' to verify signature during build or run one-shot check by "gpg-offline --verify --package=sed sed-*.sig".
 %if 0%{?VERIFY_SIG}
 BuildRequires:  gpg-offline
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ occurrences of a string within a file.
 %gpg_verify %{S:1}
 %endif
 %setup -q
+%patch -p1
 
 %build
 %define warn_flags -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wformat-security