diff --git a/util-linux-2.13-loop.patch b/util-linux-2.13-loop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca5698c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util-linux-2.13-loop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- util-linux-ng-2.13rc2+git20070725/mount/lomount.c.org	2007-08-16 17:09:33.258902000 +0200
++++ util-linux-ng-2.13rc2+git20070725/mount/lomount.c	2007-08-16 17:09:43.016135000 +0200
+@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	if (ioctl (fd, LOOP_CLR_FD, 0) < 0) {
+ 		perror ("ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD");
++		close(fd);
+ 		return 1;
+ 	}
+ 	close (fd);
+--- util-linux-ng-2.13rc2+git20070725/mount/fsprobe_volumeid.c.org	2007-08-16 18:16:03.120065000 +0200
++++ util-linux-ng-2.13rc2+git20070725/mount/fsprobe_volumeid.c	2007-08-16 18:27:43.967526000 +0200
+@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+ 	id = volume_id_open_fd(fd);
+-	if (!id)
++	if (!id) {
++		close(fd);
+ 		return NULL;
++	}
+ 
+ 	/* TODO: use blkdev_get_size() */
+ 	if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE64, &size) != 0)
+@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	volume_id_close(id);
++	close(fd);
+ 	return value;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/util-linux.changes b/util-linux.changes
index d2ca0cc..bf017e4 100644
--- a/util-linux.changes
+++ b/util-linux.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 16 18:34:30 CEST 2007 - ssommer@suse.de
+
+- free loop devices when mount fails [#297172] 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 25 18:43:42 CEST 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
 
diff --git a/util-linux.spec b/util-linux.spec
index 3fe37cb..8c59804 100644
--- a/util-linux.spec
+++ b/util-linux.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ License:        BSD 3-Clause, GPL v2 or later
 Group:          System/Base
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Version:        2.12r+2.13rc2+git20070725
-Release:        1
+Release:        8
 %define upver 2.13rc2+git20070725
 Summary:        A collection of basic system utilities
 Source:         ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/%name-ng-%upver.tar.bz2
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Patch35:        util-linux-2.12r-fdisk_remove_bogus_warnings.patch
 Patch38:        util-linux-2.12r-mount_swapon_swsuspend_resume.patch
 # suse48633 - util-linux on x86_64 does not contain "rdev" and "vidmode"
 Patch45:        util-linux-2.13-sys_utils_build_rdev_x86_64.patch
+# 297172 - mount does not free loop devices if it fails
+Patch46:        util-linux-2.13-loop.patch 
 ##
 ## adjtimex
 ##
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch35 -p1
 #%patch38 -p1
 %patch45 -p1
-#%patch46 -p1
+%patch46 -p1
 #
 cd adjtimex-*
 %patch50 -p1
@@ -551,6 +553,8 @@ fi
 #%endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 16 2007 - ssommer@suse.de
+- free loop devices when mount fails [#297172]
 * Wed Jul 25 2007 - mkoenig@suse.de
 - update to git20070725
 - removed patches (merged upstream):