diff --git a/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/files/5a1a5df532a7b272dbacbfc5ce8c26834c6c19c7.patch b/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/files/5a1a5df532a7b272dbacbfc5ce8c26834c6c19c7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..653abdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/files/5a1a5df532a7b272dbacbfc5ce8c26834c6c19c7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/src/iio-sensor-proxy.c b/src/iio-sensor-proxy.c
+index 9833be2e1ccb0a92ccd0c89464688722d6a570d1..836e7427e0259acc0be5288aa4dc532a14e4ee65 100644
+--- a/src/iio-sensor-proxy.c
++++ b/src/iio-sensor-proxy.c
+@@ -950,16 +950,21 @@ sensor_changes (GUdevClient *client,
+ 			SensorDriver *driver = (SensorDriver *) drivers[i];
+ 			if (!driver_type_exists (data, driver->type) &&
+ 			    driver_discover (driver, device)) {
++				SensorDevice *sensor_device = NULL;
++
+ 				g_debug ("Found hotplugged device %s of type %s at %s",
+ 					 g_udev_device_get_sysfs_path (device),
+ 					 driver_type_to_str (driver->type),
+ 					 driver->driver_name);
+ 
+-				if (driver_open (driver, device,
+-						 driver_type_to_callback_func (driver->type), data)) {
++				sensor_device = driver_open (driver, device,
++					driver_type_to_callback_func (driver->type), data);
++
++				if (sensor_device) {
+ 					GHashTable *ht;
+ 
+ 					UDEV_DEVICE_FOR_TYPE(driver->type) = g_object_ref (device);
++					DEVICE_FOR_TYPE(driver->type) = sensor_device;
+ 					DRIVER_FOR_TYPE(driver->type) = (SensorDriver *) driver;
+ 					send_driver_changed_dbus_event (data, driver->type);
+ 
diff --git a/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4.ebuild b/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4-r1.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4.ebuild
rename to gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4-r1.ebuild
index 8cf370f..92fed92 100755
--- a/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/iio-sensor-proxy/iio-sensor-proxy-3.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
+PATCHES=( 
+	"${FILESDIR}"/5a1a5df532a7b272dbacbfc5ce8c26834c6c19c7.patch
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	meson_src_install
 }