diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
index ba1630d2ed5a..d2c2b5f13077 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ kernel ];
-  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional
+    (! builtins.lessThan (builtins.compareVersions kernel.version "2.6.37") 0)
+      [ ./mutex-sema.patch ];
 
   makeFlags = "KDIR=${kernel}/lib/modules/${kernel.version}/build";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/mutex-sema.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/mutex-sema.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..922c8f2d22dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/broadcom-sta/mutex-sema.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -aur old/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c new/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
+--- old/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c	2010-12-25 18:17:33.333343048 +0100
++++ new/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c	2010-12-25 18:21:05.856676376 +0100
+@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@
+ #ifdef WL_ALL_PASSIVE
+ 		spin_lock_init(&wl->txq_lock);
+ #endif 
+-		init_MUTEX(&wl->sem);
++		sema_init(&wl->sem, 1);
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	if (!(wl->wlc = wlc_attach((void *) wl, vendor, device, unit, wl->piomode,