diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1583e002c..cab2067c6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ linux (3.8.5-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     hid-roccat-isku, hid-roccat-lua, hid-roccat-savu to input-modules
   * cdc_ncm,cdc_mbim: Use NCM by default
   * [rt] Update to 3.8.4-rt2 and reenable
+  * [rt] wireless: orinoco_usb is BROKEN
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:32:20 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/features/all/rt/orinoco_usb-is-broken.patch b/debian/patches/features/all/rt/orinoco_usb-is-broken.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..411fed670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/features/all/rt/orinoco_usb-is-broken.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Subject: wireless: orinoco_usb is BROKEN
+Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 07:31:24 +0100
+
+orinoco_usb plays some funny games with completions, which might just
+about work in mainline but don't work with the type changes in RT.
+I'm not going to fix this crap.
+
+---
+--- a/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/Kconfig
++++ b/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/Kconfig
+@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ config PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
+ 
+ config ORINOCO_USB
+ 	tristate "Agere Orinoco USB support"
+-	depends on USB && HERMES
++	depends on USB && HERMES && BROKEN
+ 	select FW_LOADER
+ 	---help---
+ 	  This driver is for USB versions of the Agere Orinoco card.
diff --git a/debian/patches/series-rt b/debian/patches/series-rt
index 370805434..41e0d4267 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series-rt
+++ b/debian/patches/series-rt
@@ -605,3 +605,4 @@ features/all/rt/completion-use-simple-wait-queues.patch
 
 features/all/rt/kconfig-disable-a-few-options-rt.patch
 features/all/rt/kconfig-preempt-rt-full.patch
+features/all/rt/orinoco_usb-is-broken.patch