diff --git a/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-cpmac_eth_fix.patch b/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-cpmac_eth_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2af2544bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ar7/patches-2.6.24/170-cpmac_eth_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -pruN linux-2.6.24.2.old/drivers/net/cpmac.c linux-2.6.24.2/drivers/net/cpmac.c
+--- linux-2.6.24.2.old/drivers/net/cpmac.c	2008-03-20 20:33:01.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.24.2/drivers/net/cpmac.c	2008-03-20 20:47:31.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1178,9 +1179,7 @@ static int __devinit cpmac_probe(struct 
+ 	priv->msg_enable = netif_msg_init(debug_level, 0xff);
+ 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, pdata->dev_addr, sizeof(dev->dev_addr));
+ 
+-	snprintf(priv->phy_name, BUS_ID_SIZE, PHY_ID_FMT, mdio_bus_id, phy_id);
+-
+-	priv->phy = phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_name, &cpmac_adjust_link, 0,
++	priv->phy = phy_connect(dev, cpmac_mii.phy_map[phy_id]->dev.bus_id, &cpmac_adjust_link, 0,
+ 				PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII);
+ 	if (IS_ERR(priv->phy)) {
+ 		if (netif_msg_drv(priv))