diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.8/0037-owrt-lantiq-wifi-and-ethernet-eeprom-handling.patch b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.8/0037-owrt-lantiq-wifi-and-ethernet-eeprom-handling.patch
index 4aac2bc18c..6d19fdb6f8 100644
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.8/0037-owrt-lantiq-wifi-and-ethernet-eeprom-handling.patch
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/patches-3.8/0037-owrt-lantiq-wifi-and-ethernet-eeprom-handling.patch
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
  obj-$(CONFIG_XRX200_PHY_FW) += xrx200_phy_fw.o
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/arch/mips/lantiq/xway/ath_eep.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+@@ -0,0 +1,258 @@
 +/*
 + *  Copyright (C) 2011 Luca Olivetti <luca@ventoso.org>
 + *  Copyright (C) 2011 John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
 +#include <linux/ath5k_platform.h>
 +#include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
 +#include <linux/pci.h>
++#include <linux/err.h>
++#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 +#include <pci-ath-fixup.h>
++#include <lantiq_soc.h>
 +
 +extern int (*ltq_pci_plat_dev_init)(struct pci_dev *dev);
 +struct ath5k_platform_data ath5k_pdata;
@@ -87,33 +90,57 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
 +
 +int __init of_ath9k_eeprom_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 +{
-+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
-+	struct resource *eep_res, *mac_res;
++	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node, *mtd_np;
++	struct resource *eep_res, *mac_res = NULL;
 +	void __iomem *eep, *mac;
 +	int mac_offset;
 +	u32 mac_inc = 0, pci_slot = 0;
 +	int i;
 +	u16 *eepdata, sum, el;
++	struct mtd_info *the_mtd;
++	size_t flash_readlen;
++	const __be32 *list;
++	const char *part;
++	phandle phandle;
 +
-+	eep_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-+	mac_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
++	if ((list = of_get_property(np, "ath,eep-flash", &i)) && i == 2 *
++			sizeof(*list) && (phandle = be32_to_cpup(list++)) &&
++			(mtd_np = of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle)) && ((part =
++			of_get_property(mtd_np, "label", NULL)) || (part =
++			mtd_np->name)) && (the_mtd = get_mtd_device_nm(part))
++			!= ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)) {
++		i = mtd_read(the_mtd, be32_to_cpup(list),
++				sizeof(ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data), &flash_readlen,
++				(void *) ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data);
++		put_mtd_device(the_mtd);
++		if ((sizeof(ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data) != flash_readlen) || i) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom from mtd\n");
++			return -ENODEV;
++		}
++	} else {
++		eep_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
++		mac_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
 +
-+	if (!eep_res) {
-+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom address\n");
-+		return -ENODEV;
++		if (!eep_res) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom address\n");
++			return -ENODEV;
++		}
++		if (resource_size(eep_res) != ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "eeprom has an invalid size\n");
++			return -EINVAL;
++		}
++
++		eep = ioremap(eep_res->start, resource_size(eep_res));
++		memcpy_fromio(ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data, eep,
++				ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS);
 +	}
-+	if (resource_size(eep_res) != ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS) {
-+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "eeprom has an invalid size\n");
-+		return -EINVAL;
-+	}
-+
-+	eep = ioremap(eep_res->start, resource_size(eep_res));
-+	memcpy_fromio(ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data, eep, ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS);
 +
 +	if (of_find_property(np, "ath,eep-swap", NULL)) {
 +		ath9k_pdata.endian_check = true;
-+
 +		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "endian check enabled.\n");
++		for (i = 0; i < ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS; i++)
++			ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data[i] =
++					swab16(ath9k_pdata.eeprom_data[i]);
 +	}
 +
 +	if (of_find_property(np, "ath,eep-csum", NULL)) {
@@ -137,7 +164,9 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
 +		}
 +		mac = ioremap(mac_res->start, resource_size(mac_res));
 +		memcpy_fromio(athxk_eeprom_mac, mac, 6);
-+	} else {
++	} else if (ltq_get_eth_mac())
++		memcpy(athxk_eeprom_mac, ltq_get_eth_mac(), 6);
++	else {
 +		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random mac\n");
 +		random_ether_addr(athxk_eeprom_mac);
 +	}
@@ -187,31 +216,52 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
 +
 +int __init of_ath5k_eeprom_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 +{
-+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
-+	struct resource *eep_res, *mac_res;
++	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node, *mtd_np;
++	struct resource *eep_res, *mac_res = NULL;
 +	void __iomem *eep, *mac;
 +	int mac_offset;
 +	u32 mac_inc = 0;
 +	int i;
++	struct mtd_info *the_mtd;
++	size_t flash_readlen;
++	const __be32 *list;
++	const char *part;
++	phandle phandle;
 +
-+	eep_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-+	mac_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
++	if ((list = of_get_property(np, "ath,eep-flash", &i)) && i == 2 *
++			sizeof(*list) && (phandle = be32_to_cpup(list++)) &&
++			(mtd_np = of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle)) && ((part =
++			of_get_property(mtd_np, "label", NULL)) || (part =
++			mtd_np->name)) && (the_mtd = get_mtd_device_nm(part))
++			!= ERR_PTR(-ENODEV)) {
++		i = mtd_read(the_mtd, be32_to_cpup(list),
++				sizeof(ath5k_eeprom_data), &flash_readlen,
++				(void *) ath5k_eeprom_data);
++		put_mtd_device(the_mtd);
++		if ((sizeof(ath5k_eeprom_data) != flash_readlen) || i) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom from mtd\n");
++			return -ENODEV;
++		}
++	} else {
++		eep_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
++		mac_res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
 +
-+	if (!eep_res) {
-+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom address\n");
-+		return -ENODEV;
++		if (!eep_res) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to load eeprom address\n");
++			return -ENODEV;
++		}
++		if (resource_size(eep_res) != ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS) {
++			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "eeprom has an invalid size\n");
++			return -EINVAL;
++		}
++
++		eep = ioremap(eep_res->start, resource_size(eep_res));
++		memcpy_fromio(ath5k_eeprom_data, eep, ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS);
 +	}
-+	if (resource_size(eep_res) != ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS) {
-+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "eeprom has an invalid size\n");
-+		return -EINVAL;
-+	}
-+
-+	eep = ioremap(eep_res->start, resource_size(eep_res));
-+	memcpy_fromio(ath5k_eeprom_data, eep, ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS);
 +
 +	if (of_find_property(np, "ath,eep-swap", NULL))
-+		for (i = 0; i < (ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS >> 1); i++)
-+				ath5k_eeprom_data[i] = swab16(ath5k_eeprom_data[i]);
++		for (i = 0; i < ATH5K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS; i++)
++			ath5k_eeprom_data[i] = swab16(ath5k_eeprom_data[i]);
 +
 +	if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "ath,mac-offset", &mac_offset)) {
 +		memcpy_fromio(athxk_eeprom_mac, (void*) ath5k_eeprom_data, 6);
@@ -222,7 +272,9 @@ Subject: [PATCH 37/40] owrt: lantiq: wifi and ethernet eeprom handling
 +		}
 +		mac = ioremap(mac_res->start, resource_size(mac_res));
 +		memcpy_fromio(athxk_eeprom_mac, mac, 6);
-+	} else {
++	} else if (ltq_get_eth_mac())
++		memcpy(athxk_eeprom_mac, ltq_get_eth_mac(), 6);
++	else {
 +		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random mac\n");
 +		random_ether_addr(athxk_eeprom_mac);
 +	}