diff --git a/contracts/v4-patch/PatchProposal.sol b/contracts/v4-patch/PatchProposal.sol
index 158e6c4..75708a4 100644
--- a/contracts/v4-patch/PatchProposal.sol
+++ b/contracts/v4-patch/PatchProposal.sol
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 pragma solidity ^0.6.12;
 pragma experimental ABIEncoderV2;
 
-import { LoopbackProxy } from "../v1/LoopbackProxy.sol";
 import { IERC20 } from "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol";
 
+import { LoopbackProxy } from "../v1/LoopbackProxy.sol";
+import { AdminUpgradeableProxy } from "./proxy/AdminUpgradeableProxy.sol";
+
 import { GovernancePatchUpgrade } from "./GovernancePatchUpgrade.sol";
 import { TornadoStakingRewards } from "./TornadoStakingRewards.sol";
 import { RelayerRegistry } from "./RelayerRegistry.sol";
@@ -55,8 +57,13 @@ contract PatchProposal {
     // Get the small amount of TORN left
     oldStaking.withdrawTorn(TORN.balanceOf(address(oldStaking)));
 
-    // And create a new staking contract
-    TornadoStakingRewards newStaking = TornadoStakingRewards(deployedStakingContractAddress);
+    // Just to make compiler stfu
+    bytes memory bempty;
+
+    // And create a new staking contract proxy
+    TornadoStakingRewards newStaking = TornadoStakingRewards(
+      address(new AdminUpgradeableProxy(deployedStakingContractAddress, governanceProxyAddress, bempty))
+    );
 
     // Upgrade the registry proxy
     Proxy(registryProxyAddress).upgradeTo(deployedRelayerRegistryImplementationAddress);
diff --git a/contracts/v4-patch/proxy/AdminUpgradeableProxy.sol b/contracts/v4-patch/proxy/AdminUpgradeableProxy.sol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a69589a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/v4-patch/proxy/AdminUpgradeableProxy.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+pragma solidity ^0.6.12;
+
+import "@openzeppelin/contracts/proxy/TransparentUpgradeableProxy.sol";
+
+/**
+ * @dev TransparentUpgradeableProxy where admin is allowed to call implementation methods.
+ */
+contract AdminUpgradeableProxy is TransparentUpgradeableProxy {
+  /**
+   * @dev Initializes an upgradeable proxy backed by the implementation at `_logic`.
+   */
+  constructor(
+    address _logic,
+    address _admin,
+    bytes memory _data
+  ) public payable TransparentUpgradeableProxy(_logic, _admin, _data) {}
+
+  /**
+   * @dev Override to allow admin access the fallback function.
+   */
+  function _beforeFallback() internal override {}
+}