diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
index 68196b657b..2b00fe73ed 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=irqbalance
-PKG_VERSION:=1.7.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=641edc6f5d56f1b3eb8be0fa8a8e9b6a22e53218
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=c5453159f4863f7a37a1afa170a5db475c866a5a34975bcc427a22a8b3b97701
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=99ae256d02b35778b406e598beedc8d827cdac18
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=35a9607ccc7827209cbe5cfeb5d5354ad3c1f95ffdefa866a016758680a40b4e
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 
diff --git a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
index fa54c46f29..036c7a476d 100644
--- a/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
+++ b/utils/irqbalance/patches/110-fix-runtime-socket-directory.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/irqbalance.h
 +++ b/irqbalance.h
-@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
+@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ extern unsigned int log_mask;
  #endif /* HAVE_LIBSYSTEMD */
  
  #define SOCKET_PATH "irqbalance"