diff --git a/package/mac80211/Makefile b/package/mac80211/Makefile
index 179d779ac4..1ab9dc2534 100644
--- a/package/mac80211/Makefile
+++ b/package/mac80211/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 PKG_NAME:=mac80211
 
 PKG_VERSION:=2012-02-06
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources
 PKG_MD5SUM:=fae71c35ee3f3de6329f2db7aed6d265
 
diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k-WAR-for-AR71xx-PCI-bug.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k-WAR-for-AR71xx-PCI-bug.patch
index 72274eefe9..20f2325952 100644
--- a/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k-WAR-for-AR71xx-PCI-bug.patch
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/201-ath5k-WAR-for-AR71xx-PCI-bug.patch
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  	{ AR5K_IMR,		0 },
  	{ AR5K_IER,		AR5K_IER_DISABLE },
  	{ AR5K_BSR,		0, AR5K_INI_READ },
-+#ifndef CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR71XX
++#if !defined(CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR71XX) && !defined(CONFIG_ATH79)
  	{ AR5K_TXCFG,		AR5K_DMASIZE_128B },
  	{ AR5K_RXCFG,		AR5K_DMASIZE_128B },
 +#else
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  	 * guess we can tweak it and see how it goes ;-)
  	 */
  	if (ah->ah_version != AR5K_AR5210) {
-+#ifndef CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR71XX
++#if !defined(CONFIG_ATHEROS_AR71XX) && !defined(CONFIG_ATH79)
  		AR5K_REG_WRITE_BITS(ah, AR5K_TXCFG,
  			AR5K_TXCFG_SDMAMR, AR5K_DMASIZE_128B);
  		AR5K_REG_WRITE_BITS(ah, AR5K_RXCFG,