diff --git a/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.24/840-unable_to_open_console.patch b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.24/840-unable_to_open_console.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..332f5a5cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic-2.6/patches-2.6.24/840-unable_to_open_console.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: linux-2.6.23.14/init/main.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-2.6.23.14.orig/init/main.c	2008-01-25 19:12:45.000000000 +0100
++++ linux-2.6.23.14/init/main.c	2008-01-25 19:12:52.000000000 +0100
+@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@
+ 	numa_default_policy();
+ 
+ 	if (sys_open((const char __user *) "/dev/console", O_RDWR, 0) < 0)
+-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: unable to open an initial console.\n");
++		printk(KERN_WARNING "Please be patient, while OpenWrt loads ...\n");
+ 
+ 	(void) sys_dup(0);
+ 	(void) sys_dup(0);