diff --git a/fwupd.spec b/fwupd.spec
index 94b6898..da3f413 100644
--- a/fwupd.spec
+++ b/fwupd.spec
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 Summary:   Firmware update daemon
 Name:      fwupd
 Version:   0.9.2
-Release:   1%{?dist}
+Release:   2%{?dist}
 License:   GPLv2+
 URL:       https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd
 Source0:   http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
+# backported from master
+Patch0:    master.patch
+
 BuildRequires: docbook-utils
 BuildRequires: gettext
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel >= %{glib2_version}
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ Files for development with libdfu.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
+%patch0 -p1 -b .master
+
 %build
 
 %meson \
@@ -201,6 +206,9 @@ mkdir -p --mode=0700 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/lib/fwupd/gnupg
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/dfu.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 23 2017 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 0.9.2-2
+- Backport several fixes for updating Unifying devices
+
 * Mon May 22 2017 Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com> 0.9.2-1
 - New upstream release
 - Add support for Unifying DFU features
diff --git a/master.patch b/master.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e53e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/master.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+diff --git a/plugins/unifying/lu-device-runtime.c b/plugins/unifying/lu-device-runtime.c
+index 32d0c56..0e1a562 100644
+--- a/plugins/unifying/lu-device-runtime.c
++++ b/plugins/unifying/lu-device-runtime.c
+@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ lu_device_runtime_open (LuDevice *device, GError **error)
+ 	memset (config, 0x00, sizeof (config));
+ 	for (guint i = 0x01; i < 0x05; i++) {
+ 		g_autoptr(LuDeviceHidppMsg) msg = lu_device_hidpp_new ();
++
++		/* workaround a bug in the 12.01 firmware, which fails with
++		 * INVALID_VALUE when reading MCU1_HW_VERSION */
++		if (version_bl_major == 0x01 && i == 0x03)
++			continue;
++
+ 		msg->report_id = HIDPP_REPORT_ID_SHORT;
+ 		msg->device_id = lu_device_get_hidpp_id (device);
+ 		msg->sub_id = HIDPP_SUBID_GET_REGISTER;
+@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@ lu_device_runtime_open (LuDevice *device, GError **error)
+ 	lu_device_add_flag (device, LU_DEVICE_FLAG_CAN_FLASH);
+ 
+ 	/* only the bootloader can do the update */
+-	lu_device_set_product (device, "Unifying Reciever");
++	lu_device_set_product (device, "Unifying Receiver");
+ 
+ 	return TRUE;
+ }
+diff --git a/plugins/unifying/lu-device.c b/plugins/unifying/lu-device.c
+index 4fd67a4..4e53633 100644
+--- a/plugins/unifying/lu-device.c
++++ b/plugins/unifying/lu-device.c
+@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ lu_device_hidpp_receive (LuDevice *device,
+ 		}
+ 	}
+ 
+-	/* check length */
++	/* check long enough, but allow returning oversize packets */
+ 	lu_device_hidpp_dump (device, "device->host", (guint8 *) msg, read_size);
+-	if (lu_device_hidpp_msg_length (msg) != read_size) {
++	if (read_size < lu_device_hidpp_msg_length (msg)) {
+ 		g_set_error (error,
+ 			     G_IO_ERROR,
+ 			     G_IO_ERROR_FAILED,
+-			     "not expected message length, "
++			     "message length too small, "
+ 			     "got %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT " expected %" G_GSIZE_FORMAT,
+ 			     read_size, lu_device_hidpp_msg_length (msg));
+ 		return FALSE;
+@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ lu_device_open (LuDevice *device, GError **error)
+ 	/* subclassed */
+ 	if (klass->open != NULL) {
+ 		if (!klass->open (device, error)) {
+-			g_usb_device_close (priv->usb_device, NULL);
++			lu_device_close (device, NULL);
+ 			return FALSE;
+ 		}
+ 	}
+@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ lu_device_open (LuDevice *device, GError **error)
+ 
+ 	/* subclassed */
+ 	if (!lu_device_probe (device, error)) {
+-		g_usb_device_close (priv->usb_device, NULL);
++		lu_device_close (device, NULL);
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ lu_device_poll (LuDevice *device, GError **error)
+ 		return FALSE;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	/* unifying reciever notification */
++	/* unifying receiver notification */
+ 	if (msg->report_id == HIDPP_REPORT_ID_SHORT) {
+ 		switch (msg->sub_id) {
+ 		case HIDPP_SUBID_DEVICE_CONNECTION: