diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec/0001-cecloader-Match-return-type-of-function-LibCecBootlo.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec/0001-cecloader-Match-return-type-of-function-LibCecBootlo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab1ab5b8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec/0001-cecloader-Match-return-type-of-function-LibCecBootlo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 2241edc8b70c2a54d109ac9c0e821889ac138d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:49:52 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] cecloader: Match return type of function LibCecBootloader
+
+Fixes
+include/cecloader.h:175:14: error: cannot initialize return object of type 'bool' with an rvalue of type 'nullptr_t'
+      return NULL;
+             ^~~~
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ include/cecloader.h | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/cecloader.h b/include/cecloader.h
+index be76468f..550f598e 100644
+--- a/include/cecloader.h
++++ b/include/cecloader.h
+@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ bool LibCecBootloader(const char *strLib = NULL)
+     if (!g_libCEC)
+     {
+       std::cout << dlerror() << std::endl;
+-      return NULL;
++      return false;
+     }
+   }
+ 
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ bool LibCecBootloader(const char *strLib = NULL)
+   if (!LibCecBootloader)
+   {
+     std::cout << "cannot find CECStartBootloader" << std::endl;
+-    return NULL;
++    return false;
+   }
+ 
+   bool bReturn = LibCecBootloader();
+-- 
+2.35.0
+
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
index eabe1d476a..2036c53eff 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec.git;branch=release;protocol=https
            file://0001-CheckPlatformSupport.cmake-Do-not-hardcode-lib-path.patch \
            file://0001-Enhance-reproducibility.patch \
            file://0001-Remove-buggy-test-confusing-host-and-target.patch \
+           file://0001-cecloader-Match-return-type-of-function-LibCecBootlo.patch \
           "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"