diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/reiserfsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/reiserfsprogs/default.nix
index 2283a0c1746..2c14bc624ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/reiserfsprogs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/reiserfsprogs/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "reiserfsprogs-3.6.21";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/fs/reiserfs/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    url = "http://ftp.be.debian.org/pub/linux/utils/fs/reiserfs/${name}.tar.bz2";
     sha256 = "19mqzhh6jsf2gh8zr5scqi9pyk1fwivrxncd11rqnp2148c58jam";
   };