diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch-2.6.1/global-reject-file.diff b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch-2.6.1/global-reject-file.diff
index cd3a600f3a..c88bc8058e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch-2.6.1/global-reject-file.diff
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/patch/patch-2.6.1/global-reject-file.diff
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Upstream-Status="Inappropriate [debian patch]"
+
 Index: patch-2.6.1/patch.man
 ===================================================================
 --- patch-2.6.1.orig/patch.man