diff --git a/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf b/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
index 7c2413923..0e3554f4c 100644
--- a/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
+++ b/filesystem/aufs/pkg_linux_post.conf
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$pkg_aufs_source_file" ]; then
 	var_append patchfiles ' ' "$pkg_aufs_tempdir/aufs3-standalone/aufs3-standalone.patch"
 
 	# apply possible local patches we have in the aufs package dir
-	for x in $( ls -1 $base/package/*/aufs/*.diff 2>/dev/null ); do
+	for x in $( ls -1 $base/package/*/aufs/*.patch 2>/dev/null ); do
 		var_append patchfiles ' ' "$x"
 	done