diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index c77785167cc1..e1ec4a55718e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -139,4 +139,15 @@ rec {
       };
     };
 
+  # this patch will probably make it into 3.11 or 3.12
+  # it only touches 1 file (fs/btrfs/send.c) so it only affects people that use
+  # the btrfs send feature.
+  btrfs_send_backport =
+    { name = "btrfs-send-check-parent-dir-when-doing-a-compare-send";
+      patch = fetchurl {
+        url = https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2839612/mbox;
+        sha256 = "0qv5mxpfrzj2dibac64n4b3d6pg7gzsafd11548bihwmsa3dlbhg";
+      };
+    };
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7a366b24193a..53c3ba9ec73a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6454,6 +6454,7 @@ let
     kernelPatches =
       [
         kernelPatches.sec_perm_2_6_24
+        kernelPatches.btrfs_send_backport
       ] ++ lib.optionals (platform.kernelArch == "mips")
       [ kernelPatches.mips_fpureg_emu
         kernelPatches.mips_fpu_sigill