diff --git a/audio/mpg123/files/patch-buffer.c b/audio/mpg123/files/patch-buffer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be3d6ab60475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/audio/mpg123/files/patch-buffer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- buffer.c.orig	Tue Apr 13 14:08:08 1999
++++ buffer.c	Fri Apr 21 20:17:12 2006
+@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
+ void buffer_end(void)
+ {
+ #ifndef NOXFERMEM
+-	xfermem_putcmd(buffermem->fd[XF_WRITER], XF_CMD_TERMINATE);
++	if (buffermem)
++		xfermem_putcmd(buffermem->fd[XF_WRITER], XF_CMD_TERMINATE);
+ #endif
+ }
+