diff --git a/coreutils-8.2-uname-processortype.patch b/coreutils-8.2-uname-processortype.patch
index 166520d..4c83df8 100644
--- a/coreutils-8.2-uname-processortype.patch
+++ b/coreutils-8.2-uname-processortype.patch
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ diff -urNp coreutils-8.2-orig/src/uname.c coreutils-8.2/src/uname.c
        }
 +#else
 +      {
-+	struct utsname u;
++	static struct utsname u;
 +	uname(&u);
 +	element = u.machine;
 +      }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ diff -urNp coreutils-8.2-orig/src/uname.c coreutils-8.2/src/uname.c
        }
 +#else
 +      {
-+	struct utsname u;
++	static struct utsname u;
 +	uname(&u);
 +	element = u.machine;
 +	if(strlen(element)==4 && element[0]=='i' && element[2]=='8' && element[3]=='6')
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index 91f0f5c..81707d3 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ fi
 * Mon Jan 30 2012 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.12-6
 - do not use shebang in sourced colorls.csh
 - su: fix shell suspend in tcsh (#597928)
+- variable "u" should be static in uname processor type patch
 
 * Sun Jan 29 2012 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> - 8.12-5
 - output the correct ownership in chown -v (upstream bug #10636)