diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/0004-Initialize-the-max-upload-file-size-when-quotas-are-enabled.patch b/package/pure-ftpd/0004-Initialize-the-max-upload-file-size-when-quotas-are-enabled.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b269e6cfe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/0004-Initialize-the-max-upload-file-size-when-quotas-are-enabled.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 37ad222868e52271905b94afea4fc780d83294b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Frank Denis <github@pureftpd.org>
+Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:53:34 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Initialize the max upload file size when quotas are enabled
+
+Due to an unwanted check, files causing the quota to be exceeded
+were deleted after the upload, but not during the upload.
+
+The bug was introduced in 2009 in version 1.0.23
+
+Spotted by @DroidTest, thanks!
+
+[Retrieved from:
+https://github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/37ad222868e52271905b94afea4fc780d83294b4]
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/ftpd.c | 3 +--
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/ftpd.c b/src/ftpd.c
+index d856839..be2fd78 100644
+--- a/src/ftpd.c
++++ b/src/ftpd.c
+@@ -4247,8 +4247,7 @@ void dostor(char *name, const int append, const int autorename)
+     if (quota_update(&quota, 0LL, 0LL, &overflow) == 0 &&
+         (overflow > 0 || quota.files >= user_quota_files ||
+          quota.size > user_quota_size ||
+-         (max_filesize >= (off_t) 0 &&
+-          (max_filesize = user_quota_size - quota.size) < (off_t) 0))) {
++         (max_filesize = user_quota_size - quota.size) < (off_t) 0)) {
+         overflow = 1;
+         (void) close(f);
+         goto afterquota;
diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
index 7e3d18b433..35a1aac917 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ PURE_FTPD_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2020-9365
 # 0003-diraliases-always-set-the-tail-of-the-list-to-NULL.patch
 PURE_FTPD_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2020-9274
 
+# 0004-Initialize-the-max-upload-file-size-when-quotas-are-enabled.patch
+PURE_FTPD_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2021-40524
+
 PURE_FTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-altlog \
 	--with-puredb