diff --git a/scripts/functions b/scripts/functions
index bc3ed0e0..18915ee1 100644
--- a/scripts/functions
+++ b/scripts/functions
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ CT_Patch() {
             for p in "${d}"/*.patch; do
                 if [ -f "${p}" ]; then
                     CT_DoLog DEBUG "Applying patch '${p}'"
-                    CT_DoExecLog ALL patch -g0 -F1 -p1 -f <"${p}"
+                    CT_DoExecLog ALL patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -g0 -F1 -p1 -f <"${p}"
                 fi
             done
             if [ "${CT_PATCH_SINGLE}" = "y" ]; then