diff --git a/util/openflow-patches/datapath.patch b/util/openflow-patches/datapath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13c9df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/openflow-patches/datapath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/datapath/datapath.c b/datapath/datapath.c
+index 4a4d3a2..365aa25 100644
+--- a/datapath/datapath.c
++++ b/datapath/datapath.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
+ 
+ #include "compat.h"
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
++#include <net/net_namespace.h>
++#endif
+ 
+ /* Strings to describe the manufacturer, hardware, and software.  This data
+  * is queriable through the switch description stats message. */
+@@ -259,6 +262,10 @@ send_openflow_skb(const struct datapath *dp,
+                  struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sender *sender)
+ {
+        return (sender
+-               ? genlmsg_unicast(skb, sender->pid)
++#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
++               ? genlmsg_unicast(&init_net, skb, sender->pid)
++#else
++               ? genlmsg_unicast(skb, sender->pid)
++#endif
+                : genlmsg_multicast(skb, 0, dp_mc_group(dp), GFP_ATOMIC));
+ }