diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
index 250ebbb59fdb..ee81876ecafa 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nvidia-x11/default.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ rec {
     persistencedSha256 = "1ax4xn3nmxg1y6immq933cqzw6cj04x93saiasdc0kjlv0pvvnkn";
     useGLVND = false;
 
+    broken = with kernel; kernelAtLeast "5.5";
     patches = [ ./vm_operations_struct-fault.patch ];
   };
 }