diff --git a/rpm-4.9.0-rc1-double-cursor.patch b/rpm-4.9.0-rc1-double-cursor.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17adffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm-4.9.0-rc1-double-cursor.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+commit 4f7fe5e668e9cd8ba62e700f6f3fdaf2256306d8
+Author: Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>
+Date:   Mon Feb 21 10:55:02 2011 +0200
+
+    Fix db cursor double-open, causing yum to hang on reinstall (RhBug:678644)
+    - A refactoring error in commit 475391dc581bf5ba72b6d59d16d875505b45bd51
+      causes us to open a double cursor on the Package db. This doesn't
+      seem to affect much in rpm context, but Yum is being naughty and holding
+      two different handles to the same db simultaneously, which causes
+      to deadlock on trying to lock the same record twice from two different
+      handles .. or something to that effect.
+
+diff --git a/lib/rpmdb.c b/lib/rpmdb.c
+index dc6d7a7..eb7a49d 100644
+--- a/lib/rpmdb.c
++++ b/lib/rpmdb.c
+@@ -2331,7 +2331,6 @@ static int updatePackages(dbiIndex dbi, unsigned int hdrNum, DBT *hdr)
+ 	DBT data;
+ 
+ 	memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
+-	xx = dbiCopen(dbi, &dbcursor, DB_WRITECURSOR);
+ 	rc = dbiGet(dbi, dbcursor, &key, &data, DB_SET);
+ 	if (rc) {
+ 	    rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR,
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 1753d53..d5ba984 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 Summary: The RPM package management system
 Name: rpm
 Version: %{rpmver}
-Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}2%{?dist}
+Release: %{?snapver:0.%{snapver}.}3%{?dist}
 Group: System Environment/Base
 Url: http://www.rpm.org/
 Source0: http://rpm.org/releases/rpm-4.8.x/%{name}-%{srcver}.tar.bz2
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Patch4: rpm-4.8.1-use-gpg2.patch
 
 # Patches already in upstream
 Patch100: rpm-4.9.0-rc1-getoutput.patch
+Patch101 : rpm-4.9.0-rc1-double-cursor.patch
 
 # These are not yet upstream
 Patch301: rpm-4.6.0-niagara.patch
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ packages on a system.
 %patch4 -p1 -b .use-gpg2
 
 %patch100 -p1 -b .getoutput
+%patch101 -p1 -b .double-cursor
 
 %patch301 -p1 -b .niagara
 %patch302 -p1 -b .geode
@@ -418,6 +420,9 @@ exit 0
 %doc COPYING doc/librpm/html/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 21 2011 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.9.0-0.rc1.3
+- fix erronous double cursor open, causing yum reinstall hang (#678644)
+
 * Mon Feb 21 2011 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> - 4.9.0-0.rc1.2
 - fix broken logic in depgen collector, hopefully curing #675002