diff --git a/repos/ports/ports/virtualbox6.hash b/repos/ports/ports/virtualbox6.hash
index e0cb5a5e29..a951b2b19a 100644
--- a/repos/ports/ports/virtualbox6.hash
+++ b/repos/ports/ports/virtualbox6.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f5ebf8e03d4b29d3c186212bdc2d324bb31c5274
+d57e9deed61e070270fa153e610e3081f996ee24
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/disk_geometry.patch b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/disk_geometry.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db1ce98d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/disk_geometry.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+--- a/src/virtualbox6/src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevPcBios.cpp.orig
++++ b/src/virtualbox6/src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevPcBios.cpp
+@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@
+     RT_NOREF1(pBase);
+ 
+     PDMMEDIAGEOMETRY LCHSGeometry;
++#if 0 /* Genode */
+     int rc = pHardDisk->pfnBiosGetLCHSGeometry(pHardDisk, &LCHSGeometry);
+     if (   rc == VERR_PDM_GEOMETRY_NOT_SET
+         || LCHSGeometry.cCylinders == 0
+@@ -627,6 +628,12 @@
+             || LCHSGeometry.cSectors == 0
+             || LCHSGeometry.cSectors > 63)
+         {
++#else
++    /* always calculate geometry */
++    int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
++    {
++        {
++#endif /* Genode */
+             uint64_t cSectors = pHardDisk->pfnGetSize(pHardDisk) / 512;
+             if (cSectors / 16 / 63 <= 1024)
+             {
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/series b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/series
index 2cb4d2ca60..9d2616f46c 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/series
+++ b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/patches/series
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ audio.patch
 gcc-12.patch
 pgmphys.patch
 sup_ioctl_query_func_size.patch
+disk_geometry.patch