diff --git a/package/nvram/Makefile b/package/nvram/Makefile
index 7fc9cc8a41..5ff3791c5e 100644
--- a/package/nvram/Makefile
+++ b/package/nvram/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nvram
-PKG_RELEASE:=8
+PKG_RELEASE:=9
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
diff --git a/package/nvram/files/nvram.init b/package/nvram/files/nvram.init
index 0267a80c5a..467ab28195 100755
--- a/package/nvram/files/nvram.init
+++ b/package/nvram/files/nvram.init
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ fixup_linksys() {
 				echo "sdram_init is invaild: $(printf 0x%04x $SDRAM_INIT), force to default!"
 				nvram_set sdram_init 0x0009
 			}
+			# on WRT54G3GV2 set flag, so checksum errors of firmware image 2 don't stop the boot process
+			noset_try_flag=$(nvram get noset_try_flag)
+			[ "$noset_try_flag" = 0 ] && {
+				echo "setting noset_try_flag to 1."
+				nvram_set noset_try_flag 1
+			}
 			[ "$COMMIT" = 1 ] && {
 				nvram_set sdram_ncdl 0x0
 			}