diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index f09b3a2d97..cd41b5f0ac 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_VERSION:=2.78
-PKG_RELEASE:=5
+PKG_RELEASE:=6
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/270-dnssec-wildcards.patch b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/270-dnssec-wildcards.patch
index 029e7ea7af..d13ac2cbad 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/270-dnssec-wildcards.patch
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/patches/270-dnssec-wildcards.patch
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ in a domain which includes a wildcard for NSEC.
 +		       int type_covered;
 +		       unsigned char *psav = p1;
 +		       
-+		       if (rdlen < 18)
++		       if (rdlen1 < 18)
 +			 return 0; /* bad packet */
 +
 +		       GETSHORT(type_covered, p1);