diff --git a/net/siit/Makefile b/net/siit/Makefile
index a2a4c50577..c1f5a41074 100644
--- a/net/siit/Makefile
+++ b/net/siit/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2015 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2017 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=siit
 PKG_VERSION:=1.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2+
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/net/siit/src/siit.c b/net/siit/src/siit.c
index ea68b74512..55668353a6 100644
--- a/net/siit/src/siit.c
+++ b/net/siit/src/siit.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,11 @@ static int siit_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	siit_stats(dev)->rx_bytes += skb->len;
 	siit_stats(dev)->rx_packets++;
 
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(4,7,0)
+	netif_trans_update(dev);
+#else
 	dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+#endif
 
 	/* Upper layer (IP) protocol forms sk_buff for outgoing packet
 	 * and sets IP header + Ether header too. IP layer sets outgoing