diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cifs-timeout-2.6.32.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cifs-timeout-2.6.29.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cifs-timeout-2.6.32.patch
rename to pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/cifs-timeout-2.6.29.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index d662d2bc65a..62ecb55d0fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ rec {
 
   # Increase the timeout on CIFS requests from 15 to 120 seconds to
   # make CIFS more resilient to high load on the CIFS server.
-  cifs_timeout_2_6_32 =
+  cifs_timeout_2_6_29 =
     { name = "cifs-timeout";
-      patch = ./cifs-timeout-2.6.32.patch;
+      patch = ./cifs-timeout-2.6.29.patch;
       features.cifsTimeout = true;
     };
 
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ rec {
       features.cifsTimeout = true;
     };
 
-  cifs_timeout = cifs_timeout_2_6_32;
+  cifs_timeout = cifs_timeout_2_6_29;
 
   no_xsave =
     { name = "no-xsave";