diff --git a/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot-0007-Fix-handling-of-ECC-protected-partitions-at-runtime.patch b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot-0007-Fix-handling-of-ECC-protected-partitions-at-runtime.patch
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpower/package/hostboot/hostboot-0007-Fix-handling-of-ECC-protected-partitions-at-runtime.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 69e22b2f8c8425b4f2ec8f7adcf164afed7f2ff8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dan Crowell <dcrowell@us.ibm.com>
+Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:48:57 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix handling of ECC protected partitions at runtime
+
+Modify the code to only check ECC on the logical size of the data
+that is read, rather than on the full physical size.
+
+Change-Id: Ia45989e64ef70e63542274ef59df2cc755f8082e
+---
+ src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
+index d434f26..6e52999 100644
+--- a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
++++ b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
+@@ -405,10 +405,12 @@ errlHndl_t RtPnor::readFromDevice (uint64_t i_procId,
+         {
+             TRACFCOMP(g_trac_pnor, "RtPnor::readFromDevice: removing ECC...");
+             // remove the ECC and fix the original data if it is broken
++            size_t l_eccSize = (l_rc/9)*8;
++            l_eccSize = std::min( l_eccSize, i_size );
+             PNOR::ECC::eccStatus ecc_stat =
+                  PNOR::ECC::removeECC(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(l_dataToRead),
+                                       reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(o_data),
+-                                      l_rc); //actual size of read data
++                                      l_eccSize); //logical size of read data
+ 
+             // create an error if we couldn't correct things
+             if( ecc_stat == PNOR::ECC::UNCORRECTABLE )
+-- 
+1.8.2.2
+