diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/359-disable_reassoc.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/359-disable_reassoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..723424f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/madwifi/patches/359-disable_reassoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+Add a preliminary fix for the reassoc check, but disable reassoc entirely for now
+until we've figured out why it fails frequently.
+
+Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+
+--- a/net80211/ieee80211_node.c
++++ b/net80211/ieee80211_node.c
+@@ -599,10 +599,9 @@
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_ibss_merge);
+ 
+ static __inline int
+-ssid_equal(const struct ieee80211_node *a, const struct ieee80211_node *b)
++bssid_equal(const struct ieee80211_node *a, const struct ieee80211_node *b)
+ {
+-	return (a->ni_esslen == b->ni_esslen &&
+-		memcmp(a->ni_essid, b->ni_essid, a->ni_esslen) == 0);
++	return (memcmp(a->ni_bssid, b->ni_bssid, IEEE80211_ADDR_LEN) == 0);
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+@@ -634,8 +633,8 @@
+ 	 * Check if old+new node have the same ssid in which
+ 	 * case we can reassociate when operating in sta mode.
+ 	 */
+-	canreassoc = ((obss != NULL) &&
+-		(vap->iv_state == IEEE80211_S_RUN) && ssid_equal(obss, selbs));
++	canreassoc = 0; /* ((obss != NULL) &&
++		(vap->iv_state == IEEE80211_S_RUN) && bssid_equal(obss, selbs)); */
+ 	vap->iv_bss = selbs;
+ 	IEEE80211_ADDR_COPY(vap->iv_bssid, selbs->ni_bssid);
+ 	if (obss != NULL)