diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
index 4c64ba3c9275..9e10083ca976 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   symlinkJoin,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
 
   # nativeBuildInputs
   cmake,
@@ -86,7 +87,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-BRn4EZ7bIujGA6b/tdMu9yDqJNEaf/f1Kj45aLHC/JI=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./0001-setup.py-propagate-cmakeFlags.patch ];
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-setup.py-propagate-cmakeFlags.patch
+
+    # fix missing FLT_MAX symbol (dropped in CUDA 12.5)
+    # https://github.com/pytorch/audio/pull/3811
+    # drop after update to torchaudio 2.6.0
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/pytorch/audio/commit/7797f83e1d66ff78872763e1da3a5fb2f0534c40.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-mHFCWuHhveyUP9cN0Kn6GXZsC3njTcM2ONVaB/qK1zU=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   postPatch =
     ''