diff --git a/security/nss/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c b/security/nss/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
index f91d15a3d87..f7205889c97 100644
--- a/security/nss/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
+++ b/security/nss/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
@@ -1894,7 +1894,18 @@ sftk_mkPrivKey(SFTKObject *object, CK_KEY_TYPE key_type, CK_RV *crvp)
 	}
         rv = DER_SetUInteger(privKey->arena, &privKey->u.ec.version,
                           NSSLOWKEY_EC_PRIVATE_KEY_VERSION);
-	if (rv != SECSuccess) crv = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
+	if (rv != SECSuccess) {
+	    crv = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
+	    /* The following ifdef is needed for Linux arm distros and
+	     * Android as gcc 4.6 has a bug when targeting arm (but not
+	     * thumb). The bug has been fixed in gcc 4.7.
+	     * http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56561
+	     */
+#if defined (__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__) && defined (__GNUC__)
+	    *crvp = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
+	    break;
+#endif
+	}
 	break;
 #endif /* NSS_ENABLE_ECC */
 
diff --git a/security/patches/README b/security/patches/README
index bbc519c902c..0e5c108a551 100644
--- a/security/patches/README
+++ b/security/patches/README
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ on top of the NSS release.
 bug-834091.patch: Add SEC_PKCS7VerifyDetachedSignatureAtTime, which is needed
                   for B2G 1.0. This patch is probably going to be modified
                   before it can land in upstream NSS.
+bug-832942.patch: work around an ARMv6 code generation bug in gcc 4.6.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/security/patches/bug-832942.patch b/security/patches/bug-832942.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0b5bf1aa36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/patches/bug-832942.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff --git a/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c b/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
+--- a/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
++++ b/lib/softoken/pkcs11.c
+@@ -1889,17 +1889,28 @@ sftk_mkPrivKey(SFTKObject *object, CK_KE
+ 	    crv = sftk_Attribute2SSecItem(arena, &privKey->u.ec.publicValue,
+  				object, CKA_NETSCAPE_DB);
+ 	    if (crv != CKR_OK) break;
+ 	    /* privKey was zero'd so public value is already set to NULL, 0
+ 	     * if we don't set it explicitly */
+ 	}
+         rv = DER_SetUInteger(privKey->arena, &privKey->u.ec.version,
+                           NSSLOWKEY_EC_PRIVATE_KEY_VERSION);
+-	if (rv != SECSuccess) crv = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
++	if (rv != SECSuccess) {
++	    crv = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
++	    /* The following ifdef is needed for Linux arm distros and
++	     * Android as gcc 4.6 has a bug when targeting arm (but not
++	     * thumb). The bug has been fixed in gcc 4.7.
++	     * http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56561
++	     */
++#if defined (__arm__) && !defined(__thumb__) && defined (__GNUC__)
++	    *crvp = CKR_HOST_MEMORY;
++	    break;
++#endif
++	}
+ 	break;
+ #endif /* NSS_ENABLE_ECC */
+ 
+     default:
+ 	crv = CKR_KEY_TYPE_INCONSISTENT;
+ 	break;
+     }
+     if (crv == CKR_OK && itemTemplateCount != 0) {