diff --git a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.16.0.patch b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.16.0.patch
index 356509d..f74d3a6 100644
--- a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.16.0.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.16.0.patch
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ index c5a80ee39f..f66ed3472c 100644
  void ovsdb_datum_remove_unsafe(struct ovsdb_datum *, size_t idx,
                                 const struct ovsdb_type *);
 diff --git a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
-index 2198c69c60..c591c76353 100644
+index 2198c69c60..496ec490d3 100644
 --- a/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
 +++ b/lib/ovsdb-idl.c
 @@ -1898,8 +1898,7 @@ ovsdb_idl_index_destroy_row(const struct ovsdb_idl_row *row_)
@@ -2627,18 +2627,17 @@ index 2198c69c60..c591c76353 100644
  
      ovsdb_idl_txn_add_map_op(row, column, datum, op_type);
  }
-@@ -4112,6 +4108,10 @@ void
+@@ -4112,6 +4108,9 @@ void
  ovsdb_idl_loop_destroy(struct ovsdb_idl_loop *loop)
  {
      if (loop) {
 +        if (loop->committing_txn) {
-+            ovsdb_idl_txn_abort(loop->committing_txn);
 +            ovsdb_idl_txn_destroy(loop->committing_txn);
 +        }
          ovsdb_idl_destroy(loop->idl);
      }
  }
-@@ -4121,8 +4121,8 @@ ovsdb_idl_loop_run(struct ovsdb_idl_loop *loop)
+@@ -4121,8 +4120,8 @@ ovsdb_idl_loop_run(struct ovsdb_idl_loop *loop)
  {
      ovsdb_idl_run(loop->idl);
  
diff --git a/SPECS/openvswitch2.16.spec b/SPECS/openvswitch2.16.spec
index 816847f..9fc5258 100644
--- a/SPECS/openvswitch2.16.spec
+++ b/SPECS/openvswitch2.16.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Summary: Open vSwitch
 Group: System Environment/Daemons daemon/database/utilities
 URL: http://www.openvswitch.org/
 Version: 2.16.0
-Release: 52%{?dist}
+Release: 53%{?dist}
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
 # lib/sflow*.[ch] files are SISSL
@@ -699,6 +699,12 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 16 2022 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.16.0-53
+- Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: b2df459e49]
+    Commit list:
+    dcde9771c5 ovsdb-idl: Fix use-after-free when destroying an IDL loop.
+
+
 * Wed Feb 16 2022 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.16.0-52
 - Merging upstream branch-2.16 [RH git: bba08b5363]
     Commit list: