diff --git a/package/system/opkg/Makefile b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
index 01a7d796de..af4474254e 100644
--- a/package/system/opkg/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/opkg/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2016 LEDE Project
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/feeds.mk
 PKG_NAME:=opkg
 PKG_REV:=9c97d5ecd795709c8584e972bfdf3aee3a5b846d
 PKG_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
-PKG_RELEASE:=12
+PKG_RELEASE:=13
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=$(PKG_REV)
diff --git a/package/system/opkg/patches/270-fix-use-after-free.patch b/package/system/opkg/patches/270-fix-use-after-free.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96e24b9456
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/system/opkg/patches/270-fix-use-after-free.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/libopkg/opkg_download.c
++++ b/libopkg/opkg_download.c
+@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ opkg_prepare_url_for_install(const char
+      hash_insert_pkg(pkg, 1);
+ 
+      if (namep) {
+-	  *namep = pkg->name;
++	  *namep = xstrdup(pkg->name);
+      }
+      return 0;
+ }